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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: "NEW FBI DIRECTOR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <federalbureauofinves05@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 00:53:55 +0100
Subject: WHY WILL YOU DO THAT...

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
WASHINGTON D.C ROOM,7367 J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, DC 20535,
RE: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET

Re: Your Inheritance fund Valued at US$10.7 Million United States Dollars.

Attention,

I AM THE NEW ACTING FBI DIRECTOR, I AM CONTACTING YOU PERSONALLY REGARDING TO WHAT GOING ON ONLINE CONCERNING SCAMS, YOU REALLY NEED TO STOP EVERY COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE WITH JAMES COMEY, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN WITHRAWED AND FIRED IN THIS OFFICE, IF YOU STILL KEEP COMMUNICATION WITH HIM ONLINE OR ON PHONE JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENDANGERING YOUR LIFE.


WE ARE CONTACTING YOU BASED ON YOUR FUNDS WORTH $10.7M WITH THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FROM OUR LAST UPDATE WE GOT FROM THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SENDING LOTS OF PEOPLE TO CONTACT THEM ON YOUR BEHALF, IF YOU KNOW YOU DONT NEED YOUR FUNDS ANYMORE, YOU DONT HAVE TO SEND SOME STRANGERS TO CONTACT THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT ON YOUR BEHALF FOR NOE REASON, YOU JUST HAVE TO TALK TO THEM AND THEY WILL SEND A CANCELLATION LETTER TO YOU, THEN YOU SIGN AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM.

IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE READY TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTIVES TO ENABLE THEM GET YOUR FUNDS TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY, THIS IS AN URGENT MATTER WHICH NEEDED TO BE TREATED URGENTLY.

NOTE: DO NOT REPLY TO ANY EMAIL THAT COMES FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION(FBI), THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, SUCH EMAIL SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A SPAM OR EMAIL FROM HACKERS.

BELOW ARE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION,

DEPARTMENT: US TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON DC
NAME OF THE SECRATARY: MR. JACK J. LEW
EMAIL: us_treasuryy.department@secretary.net


GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM NOW AND GET YOUR FUNDS FROM THEM.
Should in case you need any more information in regards to this
notification, feel free to get back to us via email so that we can
brief you more as we are here to guide you during and after this
project has been completely perfected and you have received your
contract fund as stated.


Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation.

Best Regards,

Andrew McCabe
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA

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