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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: "Sir Christopher Wray"<info@lee.com>
Reply-To: <fbi.allisongrey@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 14:58:02 -0000
Subject: FBI FUND ALERT!

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIME DIVISION.
FBI HEADQUARTERS: PENNSYLVANIA, WASHINGTON DC
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, DC 20535-0001 USA.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY;

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) noticed through our Intelligence Monitoring Network that your compensation funds which have been paid a long time ago, have not been remitted to you due to bad and corrupt offices. This Email is to enlighten you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you might have been experiencing in getting your long overdue payment due to excessive demand of money from you by scammers and both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies, Diplomatic agents and fraudulent barristers after which your fund/payment remain unpaid to you.

I am Deputy Director David Bowdich, a highly placed official of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I have been assigned to take responsibility for your funds remittance to you without further delay. It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies across Africa to Asia and even here in USA and we have decided to put a stop to those nightmares, which is the reason I was appointed to handle your transaction. You are among the list of individuals and companies whose unpaid funds have been approved for payment under the stipulated guidelines of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other member countries of the United Nations. After releasing this information to all lucky beneficiaries, any amount of money that will be found in the International Financial Database is waiting to be transferred without claims.

It is our pleasure to let you know that your compensation worth US$7.500,000 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) has been verified and processed by the Funds Remittance Unit (F.R.U) in your name and it is ready for pickup. For your notice; the management held a meeting today in regard to your choice of remittance and your time availability to receive the funds. This is to let you know that your funds would be coming to you via an authentic Bank Of America (BOA) ATM CARD, if coming down to the paying bank will be difficult and stressful for you. After depositing the funds of all lucky beneficiary into different bank accounts with the BANK OF AMERICA using your details in our database, We the Federal Bureau of investigation decided to award the contract of bulk delivery to the DHL Courier Service for them to give us their procedures on how to send the parcels without any delay.

Endeavor to listen to me carefully so that we can arrange and submit your paper works and files holding your funds release. The insurance and security keeping fee has been taken care of by the International Compensation Head Office payment Scrutinize unit. All I need now is your personal information and details;

Full Name: ................
Address: ................
Home/Mobile Phone: ..............
Occupation: ..............
Age: ..............
Driver license.........

Meanwhile you have been offered an official invitation to kindly travel down to the BOA Headquarters: to visit the paying bank and personally collect/claim your cash sum of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars (US$7.500,000.00) after undergoing some due verification and clarification procedures. Alternatively, if you cannot visit the paying bank for collection of your COMPENSATION FUNDS as at when due, we have applied for bulk delivery with DHL which you must therefore apply for your funds to be sent/delivered to you via DHL Courier Service at your own expenses. We have inquired from the DHL management about their delivery method and delivery cost of ATM CARD and we were told that they operate with two types of delivery method which will be disclosed after your acknowledgement to this mail.


So if you are seriously interested to claim and collect your overdue payment, I will advise that you contact your correspondent directing officer with the official confidential contact details below and endeavor to comply with simple directives from his office.

FBI SPECIAL AGENT: MR ALLISON GREY

fbi.allisongrey@yandex.com
remittanceunit685@gmail.com





NOTE: You are to keep this transaction strictly confidential till funds get to you to avoid matters arising to disqualification or termination of this transaction. Congratulations towards all your effort in making this transaction a success. If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (FBI) urge you to treat it genuinely. This office will be looking forward to hearing from you as soon as you receive this message, so we can proceed with the immediate delivery of your compensation funds award avoiding delays.

BEST REGARDS
Deputy Director; David Bowdich.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIME DIVISION.
FBI HEADQUARTERS: PENNSYLVANIA, WASHINGTON DC
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, DC 20535-0001 USA.

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