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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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Fraud email example:

From: CIA Department <ciadepart11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ciad8164@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 23:19:08 +0100
Subject: I am William J. Burns Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Address: 1000 Colonial Farm Rd, McLean, VA 22101, USA



Greetings to you,

I am William J. Burns Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

I will be very grateful if you can bring out your time to read this message
and honor it. I have not contacted you to tell you stories but I have
contacted you to enlighten you about what is going on globally not only in
Africa as many US citizens believe. Corruption is a general disease which
inflect only the mind of the greedy ones in a society. This leads many
people into different kinds of behaviors. Since day one
of my service, as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and
before the position. I have witness a lot of cases and finally a solution
was provided not by my power alone but by the grace wisdom applied. I was
totally disappointed when i came across your case file
and the way it was handled. I went deeply to investigate to know the reason
the said fund is not yet delivered to you after all you have spent to the
both countries fund monetary agency( AFRICAN GOVERNMENT) & ( USA
GOVERNMENT). And it was a very common reason which is hardly for you to
figure out quick, but it takes the grace and experienced one to
notice. The reason you couldn't find out is because you gave all trust and
believe that as long as you send them the money they will do exactly as
instructed. Before i commence, i want to ask you some question and
these question will answer the reason why your fund has not be delivered to
you despite all your effort and fund invested.

MY QUESTIONS ARE;

1) As the sole beneficiary to this said fund, do you have any original
documents in your hand? I don't mean scan copies of documents that might
have been sent to you via email?.

2) Did you go in person or send a representative to the fund origin country
to sign those papers on your behalf?

3) The person who might have been representing you over there, has he one
day sent you the original hard-copies of the document you have been paying
for through DHL, UPS OR FEDEX Courier company apart from scan copies on
email? This is the major reason why your fund has not been released.

The only thing that gave me joy during my investigation and research is
that your funds are real. It was confirmed to me by the fund origin
government official today. And the West Africa ECOWAS court chairman has
ordered that we send a representative on your behalf who will sign and
clear your fund and get all the original documents successfully to you.

I William J. Burns Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, vowed to
make sure that I put an end to the cheating. And ensure that your fund is
delivered to your home without any more delay or stress by sending a CIA
SPECIAL AGENT to West Africa. His mission going down there is to get all
the documents and ensure that your fund is released to you with immediate
effect. But we can not make any move without your awareness
and permission. Therefore, we seek permission from you to enable us to
achieve the mission.

Get Back to me Via Email with your personal details so that i can Provide
you with Contact Details Of Our Trusted Agent to Handle Your Case, and A
Lawyer Involve in This Case of Confirmed ( $5.5 Million Dollars ) five
Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars,

Thank you and God bless you. More information on the subject matter will be
detailed after hearing from you.

Best Regards,
Mr. William J. Burns
Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency

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