419 scam: "Federal Bureau of Investigation"<fax@peenetal-landschaft.de> PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!!

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "fund beneficiary" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "economic financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Bureau of Investigation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wrayc67@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:18:36 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!!

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
PHONE: 206-666-1978

Attention Fund Beneficiary

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have discoverd an approved fund of USD10.5M in your name thru our intel informative gadgets,and this fund cannot be release until you provide a legal documents for proper certification of the fund you are about to received.

To certify the legitimacy of this fund $10.5 million Dollars, you are requested to present Fund Identification Record Certificate of the transfer of this $10.5m.
They used what we know as a "secret diplomatic transit payment" (S.T.D.P) to pay this fund through wire transfer in your name, but this means of transfer can not reflect into account as this was wrong method of fund transfer because the FBI FUND IDENTIFICATION RECORD AND DIPLOMATIC SEAL OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE is not provided to prove the legitimacy and source of the fund you are about to receive

Therefore in order for you to receive your payment and have clean bill of record with us without having any problem with our commission, Make a swift arrangment to Secure fbi fund identification record and diplomatic seal of transfer certificate, quoting the reference file no of FBI, FBI.ESX-CODE12/17 to the authorities concerned, contact us back to direct you where you will obtain the mentioned documents if you do not have them, because those documents are only proof we need to allow the fund to be released in your name .

Thanks for your prompt response and understanding

Christopher Wray
New Fbi Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, Dc

CC: Canadian Police Association
CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)
CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
CC: Egmont Group
CC: FEDERAL BURUEA OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA)
CC: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
CC: Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
CC: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
CC: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
CC: International Banking Security Association (IBSA)
CC: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
CC: Institut de Formation Interbancaire (INSIG)
CC: World Customs Organization (WCO)
CC: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
CC: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS)
CC: WORLD CENTRAL BANK (SW)
CC: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF)
CC: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE (UK)
CC: ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (efcc

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