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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Bureau Of Investigation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pastorelldav@e-mail.ua>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:28:57 -0500
Subject: ***FBI ALERT***

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dept: Anti-Terrorist & Monetary Crimes Division
Office: Washington, D.C. Headquarters
Address: J. Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Attention: Beneficiary,

Important: Our agents will visit you for arrest within 24 hours if you fail to comply fully with the below instructions. Contact the payment center below and ask how you are to get your clearance documents. This is an official advice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It has come to our notice that the Bank of America has a huge amount of money worth $10.5 Million United State Dollars in your name and to be transfer to your account but we the F.B.I need a proper verification document called Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer (DIST) to prove you are the beneficiary and to start the transfer of your fund to your account.

We have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper verification’s and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive this fund. We want to make sure it’s a clean and legal money you are about to receive before we can instruct the Bank to transfer your fund to your account. So you are advice to forward us the "Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer" (DIST), if you have it in your position to verify that the money you are about to receive is legal and legitimate.

Note if you don’t have these documents as required, you are advice to contact Pastor Elliot Davies of the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crime Commission), the person in charge in getting your said document called "Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer" (DIST), for your immediate fund transfer to your Personal Bank Account. Also we have confirmed that the amount required to procure your document which is called the Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer (DIST) will cost you a total sum of $720USD. You are advice to mail Pastor Elliot Davies with his contact information given below and request for the payment information on how you can make the available payment ready via Western Union or Money Gram so he can get your D.I.S.T Document procured by your name, for immediate transfer of your fund to your personal bank account. Below, are the contact details of the payment office who will process your Clearance.

Contact Information:
Name: Pastor Elliot Davies
E-mail: pastorelldav@e-mail.ua

You should also contact Pastor Elliot Davies with the required details regarding the transfer of your fund to your own personal Bank Account within 24 hours and only with the following requirement to get your D.I.S.T Document procured by your name with the information's needed below;

*Full Name...
*Address...
*City...
*State...
*Occupation...
*Telephone...
*Age...

WARNING: We have requested for the D.I.S.T Document to make available the most complete and updated records possible for the enhancement of public safety, welfare and security of society while recognizing the importance of individual privacy rights. Failure to produce the above required documents from Pastor Elliot Davies to us within 48 hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you. You shall be tried and if found guilty, you will be jailed as terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a serious problem in our community today. We the F.B.I will not stop at any length in tracking down and prosecuting any criminal who indulge in this criminal act. You're advised to keep us posted with the requirement to enable us follow up with the release of your fund transfer immediately to your own personal Bank Account.

Regard,
Federal Bureau Investigation.
Robert S. Mueller III,
FBI, Director.

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