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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: FBI SPECIAL AGENT <"www."@circus.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FBI SPECIAL AGENT <fbioffice178@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 05:07:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FBI SIGNED AGAINST YOU

FBI SIGNED AGAINST YOU

YOU FAILED TO COMPLY WITH OUR DIRECTIVES AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE
DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU ON THE 29/06/2017 OUR DIRECTOR HAS ALREADY
BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT YOU GET THE PROCESS COMPLETED YESTERDAY AND RIGHT
NOW THE WARRANT OF ARREST HAS BEEN SIGNED AGAINST YOU AND IT WILL BE
CARRIED OUT IN THE NEXT 7 HOURS AS STRICTLY SIGNED BY THE FBI DIRECTOR.
WE
HAVE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND OUT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE
FRAUDULENT DEAL WAS COMMITTED WITH YOUR INFORMATION'S/IDENTITY AND RIGHT
NOW IF YOUR ID IS PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE AS A WANTED PERSON, I BELIEVE
YOU KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A SHAME TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY BECAUSE
AFTER THEN IT WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN ALL THE LOCAL CHANNELS THAT YOU ARE
WANTED BY THE FBI.

AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN AND A
HONEST MAN, I DECIDED TO SEE HOW I COULD BE OF TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I
WOULD NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU END UP IN JAIL AND ALL YOUR PROPERTIES
CONFISCATED ALL BECAUSE YOUR INFORMATION'S WAS USED TO CARRY OUT A
FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS, I CALLED THE EFCC AND THEY
DIRECTED
ME TO A PRIVATE ATTORNEY WHO COULD HELP YOU GET THE PROCESS DONE AND HE
STATED THAT HE WILL ENDORSE, SIGN AND STAMP THE DOCUMENT AT THE SUM OF
$109 USD ONLY AND I BELIEVE THIS PROCESS IS CHEAPER FOR YOU.

YOU
NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WITHIN TODAY AND TOMORROW TO GET THIS
PROCESS DONE BECAUSE OUR DIRECTOR HAS CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT THE
WARRANT OF ARREST HAS BEEN SIGNED AGAINST YOU AND ONCE IT HAS BEEN
APPROVED, THEN THE ARREST WILL BE CARRIED OUT, AND FROM OUR
INVESTIGATIONS WE LEARN THAT YOU WERE THE PERSON THAT FORWARDED YOUR
INFORMATION'S TO ONE IMPOSTOR/FRAUDSTERS FROM AFRICA FEW WEEKS WHEN HE
HAD
A DEAL WITH YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF SOME ILLEGAL FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT WHICH IS VALUED AT THE SUM OF $5.8MILLION USD. I PLEADED ON YOUR
BEHALF SO THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU THE

14/07/2017
BEING NEXT TOMORROW SO THAT YOU COULD GET THIS PROCESS DONE BECAUSE I
LEARN THAT YOU WERE SENT SEVERAL E-MAIL WITHOUT GETTING FROM YOU,
PLEASE BEAR IT IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY

THAT I CAN BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AT THIS MOMENT OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO FACE THE LAW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES WITH IT HAS BEFALL ON YOU.
YOU WOULD MAKE THE PAYMENT THROUGH MONEY GRAM OR R.I.A MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW DETAILS.

RECEIVER NAME: Alex Emeka
COUNTRY IS / BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY ADDRESS IS /COTONOU
QUESTION: URGENT
ANSWER: NOW
.MTCN=======
AMOUNT=====$109 USD
SENDERS NAME=====
SENDERS COUNTRY======
PHONE:=======

SEND
THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO ME SUCH AS SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS, MTCN
NUMBER, TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER USED AND THE AMOUNT SENT. MAKE SURE
THAT YOU DIDN'T HESITATE MAKING THE PAYMENT DOWN TO THE AGENCY BY TODAY
BEING THE 15TH SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE CERTIFICATE ENDORSED, SIGNED
AND STAMPED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.

AFTER
ALL THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PROCEED TO
THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS WHICH IS VALUED AT
THE SUM OF $5.8MILLION USD WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO
YOU ALL THIS WHILE.

NOTE/ ALL THE CRIMES AGENCIES HAS BEEN CONTACTED
ON
THIS REGARDS AND WE WOULD USE YOUR ADDRESS WHICH IS STATED WITH US AND
YOUR ID TO TRACE YOU IF YOU DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTIONS.THANKS FOR YOUR
CO-OPERATION.

THANKS AS I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE
RESPECTIVELY
AGENT ROBERT WALKER
FBI SPECIAL AGENT

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