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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: Federal Bureau of Investigations <hung.nt@a-c.com.vn>
Reply-To: <samuelfreeman32@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:37:22 +0100
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY (EMAIL OWNERS NOTIFICATION)

ATTN: BENEFICIARY
 
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that your email legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD from Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check because the funds is in a fixed deposit account with the Bank of America.
 
 
Your winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to make payment for the processing and conversion fee bills directly to the Lottery Agent In-Charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. You were required to pay $580 only for the following -
 
 
1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America )
 
2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
 
 
The total amount for everything is $580.00 (Five Hundred and Eighty-US Dollars) for the processing and conversion fee. The $580.00 cannot be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from being processed and converted to Bank of America certified check, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
 
 
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( SAMUEL FREEMAN ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
 
 
CONTACT AGENT NAME: SAMUEL FREEMAN
 
E-MAIL ADDRESS: SAMUELFREEMAN32@AOL.COM
 
 
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
AGE:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
COPY OF ID:
NEXT OF KIN:
 
 
You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $580.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this
transaction : EA2948-910.
 
 
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $580.00 ONLY to Samuel Freeman via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
 
FBI Director
James B. Comey



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