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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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Fraud email example:

From: FBI Director <"www."@marble.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FBI Director <fbiusa01@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 02:49:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention! Attention!!

Department Agent Garry Walker and Christopher Wray
III Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division Fbi Headquarters In
Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
FBI-Washington Field Office 601 Street, NW Washington, DC 20535

Attention! Attention!!
Am writing to make you understand that this is FBI DIRECTOR Christopher Wray representing the office of the FBI Director and our fraud
department in which i head. I want to make it clear to you that we have put your e-mail address under our monitoring device set-up ,any more
e-mails to the fraudsters from you will be automatically detected.
Our concern in this issue is for your name to be cleared from the scammers list which has already been submitted to all the crimes agencies in Benin and United States Of America, We make sure that the laws are followed to the core and this is why the Benin Government which its citizen carried out the fraudulent activities with your information's which you sent to them have to compensate you with the amount as regards the FBI Laws of
Sub-Section 05/16 Of the United Nations Anti-crimes laws.
We have in our file your details and we have checked and found out that you are a honest and hard working person and by this regards we decided to persuade the Benin Government to compensate you for the evil deeds that was carried out with your name by making sure that you received this your fund. From our recent investigations,we Found out that many fraudulent activities was carried out by the same people who you have been forwarding your information's/details to all this while with the pretense of dealing with the right offices in
Africa and other countries of the world.
You will have to get the CLEARANCE FORM from the office of the High Court of Justice in Benin Republic at the sum of $500.00 Usd. This certificate will enable you to get access to the compensation funds of $500,000 plus your original fund of US$5.2 Million which was offered to you by the Benin Republic Government and don't forget that you need to get the document within 3days from now as you already knew the deadline given to you to secure the document your total fund now is US$5.7 Million that is the content in your consignment box now. If not for the fact that we checked your data before acting towards this directives given to us, you would have been arrested by now and jailed because of your association with criminals in the internet and don't forget our warnings to you.
You have to send the $500 and forward the payment details to me so that i will send it to Dr.George Craig the chief Justice of Federal High Court Benin Republic to enable you secure the CLEARANCE FORM as soon as possible.
With the Certificate, you are free from any form of crimes as your data shows that you are a honest and respectable person in the
society, You will have to send the fees to the High Court of Justice over there in Benin Republic within 3days from now so that our local agent can be able to apply our modelities with the High Court of Justice to issue the CLEARANCE FORM to you.Then,when all this requirements are in place, the Certificate will be issued to you and your total funds of $5.7 Million will be delivered to your designated address immediately.
To avoid the wrath of the law on you and your entire family, we have been pleased to allow you secure the document from the High Court of Justice Benin Republic so that your name will be cleared off the fraudulent list in Benin Republic and we also argued with the Benin Republic Government about your compensations and that was the reason why you were compensated with the sum of $500,000.00 to increase your original fund.Reply within 24 hours with the fee of $500 failing to do so,we will take immediate action against you.
Thanks as I wait for your response,
FBI Director
Christopher Wray
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