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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 <recruitment@utsc.qa>
Reply-To: fbi.atlanta011@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 06:16:03 +0000
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION


Attention: Beneficiary

This is the final warning you will receive from me. This notice has
been sent to you several times but you ignored it.

I have warned you so many times and you decided to ignore my e-mails
because you believe we have not been instructed to get you arrested,
if you fail comply this time around, then we will first of all send a
letter to the MAYOR of the city where you reside and also instruct
the bank to close your account until you comply with our directives.
Note that all your properties will be confiscated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. We would also send a letter to the company/organization
where you work and instruct them to issue you a "SACK LETTER" because
a suspect is not supposed to be working for the government or any
private organization.

From our investigations, we discovered that you were the person that
forwarded your identification to internet fraudsters in Nigeria and
other part of the countries when they had a deal with you in regards to the
transfer of some illegal funds into your bank account which is valued
at the sum of $10,500,000.00 only. Your ID which we have in our
database has been sent to all the crimes agencies in America and in
other parts of the countries for them
to upload you in their website as an internet fraudsters and a
terrorist (suicide bomber). I will also warn people to stop having any
dealing or friendly communication with you anymore. This would have
been solved all this while if you have gotten the NECESSARY TRANSFER
DOCUMENT ENDORSED AND SEALED legally.

I, Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
wish to inform you that there is no more time left to waste because
you have been given enough grace, therefore you have been mandated to
comply immediately you read this e-mail if you don't want to be
arrested. As stated earlier, to have the document endorsed and sealed
without any delay, you must follow all my directives to avoid you
blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and sentenced
you to life imprisonment. Note that all your properties will be seized
and bank account will be confiscated too.

However, I have decided to see how I can be of help to you because I
will not be happy to see you end up in jail and all your properties
got confiscated because your information was used to carry out
fraudulent transactions. I called the EFCC NIGERIA USA and other parts
of the countries and they directed
me to a qualified attorney who can help you get the process done and
when I called the attorney he told me that he will go to the bank and
sign the documents on your behalf and put his "SEAL" on those
documents at the sum of $220 service fee and I believe this process is
cheaper for you. Be informed that I pleaded on your behalf to the
board of directors of this agency to give you till tomorrow or next to make
the payment. Bear it in mind that this is the only way that I can be
able to help you at this juncture. But if you fail to comply, you will
find yourself in a severe field of dilemma.

You need to try as much as you can to send the money today because I
have been informed by the ARREST WARRANT ISSUANCE DEPARTMENT that the
warrant of arrest has been prepared against you and once is being
signed by me as the FBI DIRECTOR, then the arrest will be carried out
if you fail to send the money within the given deadline and we shall
apply for litigation against you immediately. Thereafter, you will
appear before the ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT COURT OF WASHINGTON D.C for
terrorism, money laundering and drug trafficking charges. I believe
you know that it will be a shameful thing to you and your entire
family. Also it will be announced and published in all the local
channels and newspapers that you are wanted by the FBI. Therefore, you
are advised to make the payment for the signing of the documents
immediately you read this e-mail. Be warned, we are monitoring you
from our satellite.

Receiver:Grace Chisomo Sayenda
Address: Drive South Bend Indiana Usa
Amount to send $550


Do not hesitate to make the payment today with the above outlined
information so that the attorney will go to the paying bank and have
all the necessary transfer documents endorsed on your behalf as soon
as you send the money. After all this process is being carried out,
then the transfer of your funds valued at $10,500,000.00 only which
should have been transferred to your bank account before legally will
now take place legitimately.

Note: As you can see below, all the crimes agencies have been
contacted on this regard and we shall trace and arrest you if you
disregard or ignore this instructions. You have been given a grace
till till tomorrow to make the payment for the attorney to endorse the
necessary transfer documents on your behalf and put his "SEAL" on it.

Expecting your anticipated co-operation.

Yours in service,

Christopher A. Wray FBI Director
CC: Canadian Police Association
CC: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)
CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
CC: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA)


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