419 scam: "MR. CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY,"<info@usa.org> FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "atm card department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "fbi.investigationunit@qualityservice.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "fbi.investigationunit@qualityservice.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- atmprocessingdeptunit18@africamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmprocessingdeptunit017@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:27:23 +0200
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division

Washington DC Office Division Unit

E-mail Address: (fbi.investigationunit@qualityservice.com)

Attention: Beneficiary,

RE-NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR UNCLAIMED COMPENSATION, CONTRACT AND INHERITANCE FUND!

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of

Compensation, Contract, Inheritance Fund, Delivery And Lottery, Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and

fraudsters who have been impersonating likes of formal Mr. Thomas Boni Yayi, the formal president of Benin /Mr. Rev.George Smith United Bank of Africa Benin Republic,

Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Mr. David Julius, Frank, Victor, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim

Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these

impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop further communication with anyone that's not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal

Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $11,000,000.00 (Eleven Million United States Dollars) will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM Master card

with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Master Card Logo on the Automatic

Teller Machine (ATM).

We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American, Asia and Europe which

includes Inheritance, Contract, Compensation etc are been cleared. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery Company website to confirm people

like you who have received their payment successfully.

Website FedEx.com

1) Name Howard Koehler

Tracking Number: 899328773367

Website: FedEx.com

(2) Name: Jody Miller

Tracking Number: 899571438936

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Department Unit via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant

and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you sum of $395.00 (Three Hundred And Ninety-Fifty Dollars) only and nothing more as

everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you need to pay is $395.00 (Three Hundred And

Ninety-Fifty Dollars) only.

Note these: you are to pay the sum of $395.00 (Three Hundred And Ninety-Fifty Dollars) before your ATM Master Card can be deliver to your nominated delivery address

and kindly contact the ATM Manager with below information.

CONTACT THE ATM DEPARTMENT MANAGER WITH THIS INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION.

Mr. Lawrence Goodluck (ATM Card Department Manager)

Email: (atmprocessingdeptunit18@africamail.com)

Do contact Mr. Lawrence Goodluck of the ATM Department Unit with his contact details above and furnish him with your personal information as listed below:

1) YOUR FULL NAMES: __________________________________

2) YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________

3) YOUR MARITAL STATUS/SEX/AGE: _______________

4) YOUR DATE OF BIRTH: __________________

5) YOUR COUNTRY/ STATE:_________________

6) YOUR OCCUPATION/POSITION: __________________

7) YOUR TELEPHONE/MOBILE NUMBER: _____________________

8) A SCAN COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY/ DRIVER LICENSE/ PASSPORT:_____________________

Due contact him with your personal information in order to update your payment file and he will give you the instruction on how to make the payment of $395.00 (Three

Hundred And Ninety-Fifty Dollars) via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram for the procurement Approval of your Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM

Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM Master card will be commence to your designated home address without any further delay and their will be no more

extra fee.

MR. CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY,

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 OFFICE DIVISION UNIT.

E-MAIL: (fbi.investigationunit@qualityservice.com)

WARNING: Disregard any e-mail you receive from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM Master card to avoid being misled and you are hereby

advice only to be communicating with Mr. Lawrence Goodluck. of the ATM Department Unit who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward

any e-mails you received from any impostors to this office so we can investigate over it and so help to stop fraud and cyber crime worldwide.

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