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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bankpaymentdata@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:21:05 +0100
Subject: YOUR WITHHELD $10.5 MILLION AND THE LACK OF DOCUMENTATION OF FUND HISTORY

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division,
FBI Headquarters
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington D.C. 20535-0001
 
YOUR WITHHELD $10.5 MILLION AND THE LACK OF DOCUMENTATION OF FUND HISTORY
 
Attention:
 
This is the FBI Headquarters and we have been intercepting all financial emails coming to you. We received your emails and you must take note that this is no longer a
 
child’s play because we are ready to take you to any length of the law if you fail to proof the legitimacy of the $10.5Million you are about to receive. As a Federal
 
Commission we are here to protect your interest and the interest of all citizens of the United States. You have been under investigation as the beneficiary of the
 
above said sum. That is why we are in touch with you for a solid proof before the funds will be release to you.
 
The said funds is now in a US Bank in your name which has been placed on hold under the watch of the FBI for further verification and proof before releasing the fund
 
to you. But we know till this moment, that you do not have this document in your file. For if you do, the fund would not have been placed on hold till this moment. We
 
did not believe this at first, but when we saw the transfer logs and history, we had no option than to contact you. We have gone through your identification record and
 
also the information gathered about you. We have verified a lot of things about you. It has come to the attention of our Money laundering investigation department,
 
that you have the above mentioned funds to your name, the said payment is awaiting adjudication and clearance from our Office, this funds are Inheritance 'willed '
 
from C.B.N Bank Nigeria precisely.
 
With full concern of The F.B.I and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wish to remind you of the consequences of remitting such huge sums of money without complying
 
fully with the provisions of the Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5 as amended in sub-section C (6) of 2003, which stipulates that any monetary transaction being
 
done in the United States Of America, must have proper records, which duly guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and legally acquired and not criminally
 
or terrorist associated funds. This is due to ongoing terrorist activities/economic crimes on and against the citizens of the United States of America.
 
Note that with the information we have here on you, the fund in your name here was released from Federal Republic of Nigeria. To this regard you are to contact the
 
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nigeria where the fund was released from so that they will issue you the required document because they are the only
 
people that can issue you the document. Nobody else have the right or privilege to issue you this document unless the EFCC Nigeria.
 
Because of this huge sum of money coming to you, you are under observation/investigation in connection with money laundering. If your funds comes from a legitimate and
 
legal sources, the proper guidelines for you to recover the right of transaction is for you to provide the official monetary transaction release document so that your
 
funds will be legally processed and recorded and accounted for and then finally released to you. Federal bureau of investigation (anti-terrorist and money laundering
 
department) is here to wipe out terrorism, and will stop at nothing in doing our duty for the American people. So you have 96hours to produce legal proof of the below
 
frozen wired transaction number coded: AZQV9007 owned by you ( Beneficiary). You do not have any right to receive these funds if the documented legal wire information
 
is not complete.
 
For your own good and benefit, you are advised not to send your money to anybody accept the below person that will get the document for you. It have come to our notice
 
that you have been dealing with scammers regarding the present transaction in your name, with the power imposed on us as a high Federal Commission, you are hereby
 
warned and instructed to terminate your involvement with any people or individuals contacting you regarding this present transaction. The said funds is now in our
 
custody in your name as the beneficiary, your dealings should be channel to this office alone, if we find out you are still communicating with impostors you will be
 
charged for advance financial fraud communication by the Federal Law.
 
The very heart of FBI operations lies in our investigations—which serve, as our mission states, to protect and defend our country against terrorism and foreign
 
intelligence threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States. So follow our instructions properly to avoid any action from our office against you.
 
We currently have jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal law. So you can see that we can track you down through investigative programs. We
 
have your address and the evidence and status of your wired funds, so we can arrest you anytime anywhere. You don’t have the required document on your possession. This
 
document are only to be issue to you from the paying country. To this regard therefore, you are advised to contact the EFCC NIGERIA to obtain the document from them to
 
enable the immediate release of the funds in your name to you.
 
We have done our verification on your FBI citizens’ identification record with your Social Security Number. The only document left is the required Fraud Protection
 
Insurance Certificate (FPIC) which should be issued to you from the paying country of the said funds. You are to contact the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
 
(EFCC) Nigeria to obtain the above required document. Here below, you find the contact person’s contact information:-
 
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) NIGERIA
Office Address: Plot 64, Western Avenue Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.
Contact Persons: Mr. Olaolu Adegbite
Email: info.efccng0@gmail.com
 
 
Furthermore, be advised that according to the United State Law together with the FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document from the EFCC NIGERIA where
 
the fund was transfer from. Also Note that you are to take care of the document to be issued to you right away, because due to the content of the document and how
 
important and secured the document is. You are to take care of the document by sending to the EFCC NIGERIA the sum of $517.18 USD only for the issuing of the document
 
right away and your $10.5 million will be release to you. That is the only way the EFCC NIGERIA will issue you the document, because they are going to issue you the
 
Authentic and Original copy of the document for the release of your fund.
 
You are hereby advised to contact them through the email address above to acquire from them on how you are going to send the fee to them. Note that you are to do this
 
immediately if you really want your fund to be credited to your personal account and also if you don't want any action against you. We have already informed the EFCC
 
NIGERIA about the present situation, so go ahead and contact them immediately. Your fund is now on our custody and will not be released to you unless the required
 
document is confirmed, after that, the fund will be released to you immediately without any delay.
 
NOTE: We have asked for the above documents to make available the most complete and up-to date records possible for no criminal justice purposes.
 
WARNING: Failure to produce the above requirement in the next 96hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you, and if found guilty, you
 
will be jailed for terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering as this is a serious problem in our community today. The F.B.I will stop at nothing to track down
 
and prosecute any criminal who indulge in this criminal act of terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering. Forward the document to us via email attachment as
 
soon as you obtain it.
 
Faithfully Yours
Christopher A. Wray
FBI Director

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