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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbiusafederalbureauinvestigati52@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:26:04 +0100
Subject: FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20535-0001
 
 
ATTN:
 
 
GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND
 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA OVER YOUR LONG OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT
 
AND WE INFORMED THEM THAT YOUR FUND SHOULD NOT COST YOU ANYTHING
 
BECAUSE IS YOUR MONEY WHICH WE FINALLY REACHED TO AGREEMENT YESTERDAY
 
THAT ALL THE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID VIA ATM SMART CARD BEEN THE SIMPLEST
 
WAY TO TRANSFER HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO AVOID COST OF TRANSFER AND
 
OTHER STATUTORY DOCUMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DOCUMENT LIKE (UNITED
 
STATES PATRIOT ACT ) WHICH WE STRETCHED TO HAVE A STRUNG AGREEMENT OVER
 
THE PAYMENT THAT IT WILL COST YOU ONLY $198 USD ONLY FOR DELIVERY OF
 
YOUR ATM SMART CARD VIA UPS OR FEDEX DELIVERING COMPANY BUT YOU ALSO
 
HAVE OPTION OF COLLECTING YOUR ATM SMART CARD AT THEIR OFFICE IF YOU
 
DON'T WANT TO PAY THE FEE.
 
 
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ONLY TWO WORKING DAYS TO SEND THIS $198 U.S.
 
 
DOLLARS TO FEDEX OR UPS COURIER COMPANY FORDELIVERING OF YOUR CARD,IF
 
WE DONT HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATION; THE FEDERAL BUREAU
 
OF INVESTIGATION WILL NOT HESITATE BY GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO FEDERAL
 
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TO CANCEL YOUR PAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED
 
INTO ATM SMART CARD .
 
 
I WANT YOU TO READ BELOW CAREFULLY, THE NOTICE BELOW STAND AS CAUTION
 
BEFORE IT IS LATE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOU MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF
 
THIS PROJECT, AS I WILL SOON CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU, LET
 
THIS STAND AS A WARNING BEFORE YOU IN-CASE YOU RECEIVED ANY E-MAILS, OR
 
CALLS REGARDING TO THIS FROM ANY INDIVIDUALS CLAIMED TO BE ME, SUCH
 
CALLS OR E-MAILS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION TO YOU, SUCH MUST BE FORWARDED
 
TO US IMMEDIATELY, IT MIGHT COME TO YOU WITH DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WITH
 
DIFFERENT NAMES INCLUDING MY NAME ASKING YOU TO COME AND CLAIM YOUR
 
ESTATE OR EVEN FUNDS BELONGING TO YOU OR TO SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT KNOW, I
 
URGE YOU TO IGNORE SUCH E-MAILS OR CALLS, WHILE YOU FORWARD IT TO US. I
 
WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS YOUR
 
UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION, AGAIN WITHOUT THIS CODE (555) DOESNT
 
GET BACK TO THIS OFFICE.
 
 
MOREOVER, FIRST BATCH OF YOUR CARD WHICH CONTAINS 3,000.000.00 MILLION
 
U.S. DOLLARSHAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND IS THE TOTAL FUND LOADED INSIDE THE
 
CARD. YOURE FUND WHICH IS IN TOTAL 10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S.
 
 
DOLLARSWILL COME IN BATCHES OF 3,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARSAND
 
THIS IS THE FIRST BATCH.YOUR PAYMENT WOULD BE SENT TO YOU VIA UPS OR
 
FEDEX BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHICH SHOULD EXPIRED
 
BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OR YOU CAN GO OVER TO THEIR OFFICE TO COLLECT YOUR
 
CARD WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE $198 FOR THE DELIVERING OF YOUR ATM
 
CARD. BELOW ARE FEW LIST OF TRACKING NUMBERS YOU CAN TRACK FROM FEDEX
 
WEBSITE (WWW.FEDEX.COM) TO CONFIRM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE RECEIVED
 
THEIR PAYMENT SUCCESSFULLY.
 
 
RICHARD AUTRY ============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ============== 871363130860
MARK STUBBS ==============871363116168
 
 
HOWEVER, WE HEREBY ADVISEDYOU THAT BASED ON OUR
 
RECOMMENDATION/INSTRUCTIONS; YOUR COMPLETE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE OVER-
 
DUE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR CONTACT TO THE NEWLY
 
APPOINTED PAYMENT OFFICER THAT WILL HAND OVER YOUR CARD TO UPS OR FEDEX
 
COURIER COMPANY WITH THE PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGED IF YOU
 
CHOOSE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED TO YOU. YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO
 
CONTACT MR.PAUL MIKE APPOINTEDDIRECTOR ATM SWIFT CARD/FOREIGN OPERATION
 
DEPT AND ASK HIM HOW CAN FORWARD THE PAYMENT INFORMATION TO FEDEX OR
 
UPS COURIER COMPANY BELOW IS
 
 
THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.
 
 
RECEIVERS NAME: CHUKWUOCHA BRIGHT
RECEIVERS ADDRESS: LAGOS/NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION: OK
TEXT ANSWER: YES
AMOUNT: $198 USD
MTCN: #
SENDERS NAME: #
SENDERS ADDRESS: #
 
 
PLEASE AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE MONEY FORWARD IT TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
 
OK:
CONTACT PERSON: MR.PAUL MIKE
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: mrpaulmike90@yahoo.com.ph
CONTACT DIRECT NUMBER: +23470 3087 9339
 
 
YOU'RE ADVISED TO CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY SO AS TO ENABLE HIM
 
FACILITATE THE SPEEDY PROCESSING AND RELEASE OF YOUR DELIVERY SINCE IS
 
THE ONLY $198 USD THAT IS KEEPING YOUR CARD THEIR IN AFRICA. CONTACT
 
HIM WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS REFER TO ABOVE.
 
 
NOTE: YOU'RE ADVISED TO FURNISH THE NEWLY APPOINTED PAYMASTER GENERAL
 
OF THE FEDERATION WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID DETAILS TO ENABLE HIM
 
EXPEDITE SPEEDY ACTION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PAYMENT. WE EXPECT
 
YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US MONITOR THIS PAYMENT
 
DELIVERYEFFECTIVELY THEREBY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
 
MONETARY FUND AS DIRECTED TO AVOID FURTHER DELAY.
 
 
YOURE ALSO EXPECTED TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE AND DIRECTIVES TO AVOID DELAY
 
IN RELEASING YOUR PAYMENT BECAUSE YOUR PAYMENT FILE HAS ALREADY BEEN
 
MOVED TO HIS OFFICE FOR PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION.
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS.
IN GOD WE TRUST.
YOURS IN SERVICE,
JAMES B COMEY
FBI Director
E, MAIL:wwwfbius76@yahoo.com.ph
 

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