419 scam: Florida Police Department Headquarters <info.office222@yahoo.cn> We receive a report from Mr. Robert Mueller, the Fbi director.......

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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "robert mueller" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real FBI will not tell you to contact some email address. If you are in any doubt, contact an FBI field office via www.fbi.gov. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: Florida Police Department Headquarters <info.office222@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: info.policeheadqq1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:41:36 +0800 (CST)
Subject: We receive a report from Mr. Robert Mueller, the Fbi director.......

      FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT




Addresses: Orlando Police
Department Headquarters 100 South,  Hughey Avenue Orlando, Florida.
Usa.


      Tele: (863) 4947125
                                    Fax: (863) 4296545






Attention.

Mr. Robbert Mueller have warned
you so many times and you have decided to ignore his e-mails or because you
believe we have not been instructed to get you arrested since then, now we have
instructed by Robert Mueller to arrest you , we receive a report from Mr. Robert
Mueller, the Fbi director. He told us that your Atm card is still right with
them, that you have 2hours to get the fee of $57 send to him so that they can
deliver your card to your destination address. or you will get arrested, because
he has summitte all your informations and your address to our office.

Mr. Robert Mueller
pleaded on your behalf so that this agency could give you today been
09/04/2013 so that you could get this process done because i learnt that Mr.
Robert Mueller sent several e-mail without getting a response with the payment
details from you, please bear it in mind that this is the only way that i can be
able to help you at this moment or you would have to face the law and its
consequences once it has befall on you today . You would make the payment of
$57within 3hours time through western union money transfer or money gram with
the below details.


Receiver Name.: ......Kelvin O. Omokwe
Country.:................ Republic Of Benin

City........................Cotonou
Test
Question................Aproved
Answer.................. Guarantee

Amount...............US$57.00
MTCN..............?
Sender's

Name................?
Send the
payment details to me so that i can forward it to Mr. Robert Mueller, Payment
details needed: senders name and address, mtcn number, text question and answer
used and the amount sent. Please do reconfirm us your full
details:

1. Full Name______
2.
Home Address______
3. Telephone/Mobile Phone
number______
4. Sex_________
5.
Ocupation________

Make sure that you didn't hesitate making the payment
down to the agency by today so that they could have the certificate endorsed,
signed and stamped immediately without any further delay. you have only 2hours
to get back to us.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Best
Regards.

Police Chief
Mrs. Jane Castor.

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