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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: "Ashely Damien" <anticrime@center.com>
Reply-To: c_center8@aol.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:36:50 -0800
Subject: ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIME DIVISIONS

DO NOT PRINT /FORWARD THIS MAIL ITS AGAINST THE LAW

This e-mail, including any attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 10 U.S.C. 2510-2521



ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS J.EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
Ref: FBI/DC/25/113/29/2015
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/executives/director



We sincerely apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a certified mail, phone call, a face-to-face conversation or a certified email later. It is due to the urgency and importance of the security information needed to checkmate financial recklessness, illegal gambling, racketeering and considering the effect of the global financial crisis rocking the United States with the help of the United Nations Security Council (U.N.S.C) Washington DC, (F.B.I) and the internet crime complaint center (ic3),alongside the CIA signed an agreement with U.K police for an immediate release of all overdue funds presently logged in their treasury and to ensure it is disbursed to the rightful beneficiaries in all parts of the world. If you the beneficiary would adhere to our instruction it will help you receive your payment immediately.


We have been informed through our global intelligence monitoring network that the sum of $7,500,000.00, have been released from a bank in Africa bearing your name as the beneficiary without dist certificate to clear your name and fund from every terrorist, drug or money laundering activities which we all know that the society today are filled with decietful minds/money launderers.



The bank knowing fully well that they do not have enough facilities to make this payment from any part of the world to your account directly, we use what we know as a secret diplomatic transit payment (s.d.t.p) method to make the payment. Direct transfers are difficult and secret diplomatic transit payment (s.d.t.p) are not usually made unless the funds are related to terrorist activities and we ask why must your payment be made in a secret transfer if your transaction is legitimate.


We do not want you to get into trouble as soon as these funds reflect in your personal account, so it is our duty as an international agency to correct these little problems before this fund reflects into your personal account.


we advise you to contact us immediately, as your funds have been stopped and are being held in our custody, until you are able to provide us with the dist certificate within 3 days from the country that authorized the transfer to certify that the funds that you are about to receive are terrorist/drug free or we shall have cause to impound the payment and subsequently prosecute you for cross border terrorist financial activites.



Based on our findings, our investigative department wish to warn you against some miscreants, hoodlums and touts who go about scamming innocent people by claiming to be who they are not and thereby tarnishing the image of this wonderful country. By sending out fraudulent emails without our official logo and emblem, we shall release your funds immediately we receive this legal document and we will ensure that you receive your payment without any further delay.


Note:

We decided to contact you directly by email to acquire the proper verifications and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive this fund, because of the huge amount involve. Be informed that the funds are now with a top bank in the United State in your name and under the monitoring/custody of the UNSC/FBI at the moment.

We have asked the bank not to release the fund to anybody that comes to them, unless we instruct them to do so, and only if we receive the dist certificate it would enable us carry out a comprehensive investigation first before releasing the fund to you.

Hence, you are to forward your dist certificate to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if you do not have it, then let us know so that we will direct you to the appropriate authority to obtain the certificate while we send it to our office, and thereafter we will instruct the bank holding the funds to go ahead and credit your account immediately. If you fail to provide the documents to this office, we will prosecute you and take appropriate action against you for not proving the legality of the funds.

Finally if you truly want to receive this funds without U.N.S.C/F.B.I troubles then reconfirm the following below via the bank client complaint center email for beneficiaries fund verifications.


Client Complaint Center........

Contact Name: Kate Hilts
Email Address: c_center8@aol.com



Name………………………………………………….
Address………………………………………………..
Sex………………………………………………………
Age.....................................................................
Contact number………………………………………..
Country of origin of funds……………………………..
Passport Photograph


Yours Faithfully

Ashely Damien Special Agent
151 Patton Ave
Room211 Asheville N.C.28801
FOR FBI DIRECTOR
JAMES B COMEY


cc: General intelligence department (GID)
cc Federal bureau of investigation (fFBIi)
cc .Internet crime complaint center (ic3)
cc: Asia pacific group on money laundering (APG)
cc: International monetary fund (IMF)
cc; International organization of securities commissions (IOSCO)
cc: International banking security association (IBSA)
cc: World customs organization (WCO)
cc: Inter-American development bank (IADB)
cc: National white collar crime center (NW3C)
cc: Bureau of justice assistance (BJA)
cc: Supreme court of South Africa(SCA)



LEGAL NOTICE:
Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately.

AVISO LEGAL:
Salvo que se indique lo contrario, este mensaje es confidencial y puede ser privilegiada. Se pretende a su destinatario (s)solamente. El acceso a este e-mail por cualquier otra persona no est? autorizado. Si usted no es un destinatario, cualquier divulgaci?n o copia de lacontenidos ni de cualquier acci?n realizada (o no) en la dependencia en que no est? autorizado y puede ser ilegal. Si no son unadestinatario, por favor notifique al remitente de inmediato


DO NOT PRINT /FORWARD THIS MAIL ITS AGAINST THE LAW
This e-mail, including any attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 10 U.S.C. 2510-2521

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