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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "F.B.I ENGLAND- LONDON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <finacialrecovery@fbi.al>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:15:45 +0530
Subject: UNCLAIMED NOTIFICATIONS

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC/ ZONAL OFFICE LONDON
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS J.EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
Ref: FBI/DC/25/113/13/2013
Email : finacialrecovery@fbi.al
+448719748899

UNCLAIMED FUND NOTIFICATION


Dear Sir/Madam,?

I am Agent Jerry Morgan of the newly inaugurated Federal Bureau of
Investigation(F.B.I). My committee has a mandate to recover unpaid debts
associated with NNPC contracts, Lottery fund, inheritance fund, loans and
grants etc. ranging from $1M-$30M owned to various beneficiaries and
companies across the globe (Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, and Australia) and
submit the list of the unpaid beneficiaries/companies to the two appointed
official paying Banks for immediate payment of the fund.

In the course of our investigation, your email address/particulars were
short-listed among the first fifteen individuals yet to be paid hence we
communicated you for more prove as the true beneficiary.

To avoid undue delay or paying the fund to wrong individual/beneficiary,
this office have decided to contact you for confirmation. If we fail to
hear from you after 72 hours it will be assumed that you are not the
beneficiary of such fund.follow our instructions.be it Contract/Inheritance
over due payments. The funds were from the office of FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION (F.B.I).

Be Therefore advised to reconfirm the following,

(1) Your full name.
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Home address/ Country
4) Profession, age and marital status.

Your urgent Response to our official email address:
finacialrecovery@fbi.al will be highly appreciated.

Yours Sincerely

F.B.I Agent Jerry Morgan
Special Agent in Charge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Intelligence Field Unit

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