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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: "Christopher Wray" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wrayc67@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:28:12 +0300
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
 
We the justice dept Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI had discoverd thru our intel informative gadgets an approved sum of USD10.5M in your name and this fund cannot be release until you provide a legal
documents  for proper  certification.
 
 
To certify the  legitimacy of this fund US10.5 million Dollars,  You are requested to present Fund Identification Record Certificate and moneylaundering certificate of this transfer of(US10.5m), 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 be sustained or reflect into an account as this was a
wrong method of fund transfer because the FBI FUND IDENTIFICATION RECORD AND MONEY LAUNDERING  CERTIFICATE is not provided to prove the legitimacy and source of the fund you are about to receive
 
Therefore in order to receive your payment and have clean bill of record  with our commission without having any problem, Make a swift arrangment to Secure fbi fund identification record and diplomatic seal of transfer certificate, alongside drug clearance 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 now to allow such huge sum to be released in your name as programmed.
 
 
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

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