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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: Mr. Gareth Reese<info@lee.org>
Reply-To: fbioffice48@aol.com
Date: 25 Jul 2018 00:40:04 +0200
Subject: Good Day

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary 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 )


ATTN: FUND BENEFICIARY,


This is an official advice from the FBI Foreign Operation Unit,
it has come to our notice that the C.B.N Bank Nigeria district
has released $10,500,000.00 US dollars into a bank in USA in your
name as the beneficiary, by means of inheritance.

The C.B.N Bank Nigeria knowing fully well that they do not have
Enough facilities to effect this payment from the United Kingdom
to your account, has used what we know as a "Secret Diplomatic
Transit Payment" (S.T.D.P) to pay this fund through wire transfer
to effect the transfer via HSBC Bank LONDON.

They are still, waiting for confirmation from you on the already
Transferred funds which were made in direct transfer so that they
can do final crediting to your account. However, Secret
diplomatic payments are not made unless the funds are related to
terrorist activities and why must your payment be made in secret
transfer, if your transaction is legitimate, if you are not a
terrorist or a drug baron then, why did you not receive the money
directly into your account; therefore this is a pure coded means
of payment?

Records which we have had with this method of payment in the past
Has always been related to terrorist acts, we do not want you to
get into trouble as soon as these funds reflect in your account
in the U.S.A, so it is our duty as a world-wide commission to
correct this little problems before these funds is credited into
accounts of the legitmate and genuine fund owners.

Due to the increased difficulty and unnecessary security by the
American authorities when funds come from outside of Europe, and
the Middle East, the F.B.I bank commission for Europe has stopped
the transfer on its way to deliver payment of $10,500,000.00 to
debit your reserved account and pay you through a secured
diplomatic transit account (S.D.T.A). We govern and oversee funds
transfer for the World Bank and the rest of the world.
We advise you contact us immediately, as the funds have been
Stopped and now held under our custody, until you can be able to
provide us with a Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer (DIST)
within 8 days through the world local bank that authorizes where
the funds was transferred from to certify that the funds that you
are about to receive from Nigeria are antiterrorist/drug free or
we shall have cause to cross and impound the Payment, but will
release the funds immediately we receive this legal documents.

An FBI Identification Record and Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of
Transfer (DIST) often referred to as a Criminal History Record or
Rap Sheet, is a listing of certain information taken from
fingerprint submissions retained by the FBI in connection with
arrests and, in some instances, federal employment,
naturalization, or military service.
Be reassured once again that this funds will be released on
confirmation of the document showing the bellow instructions;
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---
--------------------------- -------
1. Credit payment instruction: irrevocable credit guarantee.
2. Beneficiary has full power when validation is cleared.
3. Beneficiaries bank can receive such huge funds upon
confirmation from the world bank / united nations.
5. Bearers has the capacity to clear bank protocol and validation
request.
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---
--------------------------- ------

The United States Department of Justice Order 556-73 establishes
rules and regulations for the subject of an FBI Identification
Record to obtain a copy of his or her own Record for review. The
FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division
processes these requests to check illegal activities in U.S.A. An
individual may request a copy of his or her own FBI
Identification Record for personal review or to challenge
information on the Record. Other reasons an individual may
request a copy of his or her own Identification Record may
include international adoption, to satisfy a requirement to live,
work in a foreign country or receive funds from another country
and this is called, Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer, letter
of good conduct, criminal history
Background, etc.)

Mr. Gareth Reese
For; Christopher A. Wray
FBI Director

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