419 scam: FBI <dicksonwilliams025@gmail.com> Attention: We are monitoring your communications

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- fbi.investigations.dept1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FBI <dicksonwilliams025@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fbi.investigations.dept1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 21:55:08 -0500
Subject: Attention: We are monitoring your communications

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Attention:

Our writing you was a collective agreement after monitoring your
communications with certain scammers you plan to pay or have paid them
already for certain fees and decision reached after we have granted a
thorough vetting on your payment file with Government of Nigeria and
other governments of United States, Canada, UK, Europe, ASEAN
countries, China, ICIC Bank of India, Indonesia, Singapore,
Philippines

We are the combined force of Nigeria and United States chapter of
Federal Bureau of Investigation.Our major term of reference is
investigating all foreign pending payment from Nigeria and other
African Countries, vetting and ascertaining the reason of the
delay,then proffer immediate instruction on payment of such pending
transfer.

It came to our knowledge from your file that you are yet to receive
your rightful inheritance payment from Nigeria since over 6years now.

This commission will want to see or know from you what seems the
reason why you have not received your payment especially from last
commercial Bank where the transfer was handled last.

As soon as we receive your acknowledgement and hear from you,then we
shall contact our data base to prosecute who or any person that has
not done right on the process which has culminated to this delay in
your receiving your rightful inheritance.

Thanks,

Yours in Service,
Comrade Felix Muyiwa,
Head, Africa Region, FBI
Email: fbi.investigations.dept1@gmail.com

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