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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: "Mrs Rail Linda" <maintenance@fundunit.com>
Reply-To: 2083503371@qq.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:37:36 +0100
Subject: Attention:

my message...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division,
FBI Headquarters
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington D.C. 20535-0001

YOUR WITHHELD $5 MILLION AND THE LACK OF DOCUMENTATION OF FUND HISTORY

Attention:

This is the FBI Headquarters and we have been intercepting all financial emails coming to you. As a Federal Commission we are here to protect your interest and the interest of all citizens of the United States. You have been under investigation as the beneficiary of the above said sum. That is why we are in touch with you for a solid proof before the funds will be released to you.

The said funds are now in a US Bank in your name which has been placed on hold under the watch of the FBI for further verification and proof before releasing the fund to you. But we know till this moment, that you do not have this document in your file. For if you do, the fund would not have been placed on hold till this moment. We did not believe this at first, but when we saw the transfer logs and history, we had no option than to contact you. We have gone through your identification record and also the information gathered about you. We have verified a lot of things about you. It has come to the attention of our Money laundering investigation department, that you have the above mentioned funds to your name, the said payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting as from Freda A Dooley, this funds are Inheritance 'willed ' from UNITED NATION.

With full concern of The F.B.I and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wish to remind you of the consequences of remitting such huge sums of money without complying fully with the provisions of the Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5 as amended in sub-section C (6) of 2003, which stipulates that any monetary transaction being done in the United States Of America, must have proper records, which duly guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and legally acquired and not criminally or terrorist associated funds. This is due to ongoing terrorist activities/economic crimes on and against the citizens of the United States of America.

Because of this huge sum of money coming to you, you are under observation/investigation in connection with money laundering. If your funds come from legitimate and legal sources, the proper guidelines for you to recover the right of transaction is for you to provide the official monetary transaction release document so that your funds will be legally processed and recorded and accounted for and then finally released to you. Federal bureau of investigation (anti-terrorist and money laundering department) is here to wipe out terrorism, and will stop at nothing in doing our duty for the American people. So you have 96hours to produce legal proof of the below frozen wired transaction number coded: AZQV9007 owned by Mr Christine Marx. You do not have any right to receive these funds if the documented legal wire information is not complete.

For your own good and benefit, you are advised not to send your money to anybody except the person below that will get the document for you. It has come to our notice that you have been dealing with scammers regarding the present transaction in your name, with the power imposed on us as a high Federal Commission, you are hereby warned and instructed to terminate your involvement with any people or individuals contacting you regarding this present transaction. The said funds are now in our custody in your name as the beneficiary, your dealings should be channeled to this office alone, if we find out you are still communicating with impostors you will be charged for advance financial fraud communication by the Federal Law.

The very heart of FBI operations lies in our investigations—which serve, as our mission states, to protect and defend our country against terrorism and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States. So follow our instructions properly to avoid any action from our office against you. Attached is a copy of my Office ID for your mutual view and understanding so that you will know exactly who you are dealing with.

We have done our verification on your FBI citizens’ identification record with your Social Security Number. The only document left is the required Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer (DIST) which should be issued to you from the paying country of the said funds. You are to contact the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION UNITED NATION to obtain the above required document. Here below, you find the contact person’s contact information:-

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION UNITED NATION.
Office Address: Plot 64, Western Avenue Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.
Contact Persons: Mrs. Rail Linda, &
Website : https://maintenance.un.org/
Email: raillinda030@yandex.com


Furthermore, be advised that according to the United State Law together with the FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document from the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION UNITED NATION where the fund was transferred from. Also Note that you are to take care of the document to be issued to you right away, because of the content of the document and how important and secure the document is. You are to take care of the document by sending to the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION UNITED NATION the sum of $517.18 USD only for the issuing of the document right away and your $5. million will be released to you. That is the only way the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION UNITED NATION will issue you the document, because they are going to issue you the Authentic and Original copy of the document for the release of your fund.

You are hereby advised to contact them through the email address above to acquire from them on how you are going to send the fee to them. Note that you are to do this immediately if you really want your fund to be credited to your personal account and also if you don't want any action against you. We have already informed the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION UNITED NATION about the present situation, so go ahead and contact them immediately. Your fund is now in our custody and will not be released to you unless the required document is confirmed, after that, the fund will be released to you immediately without any delay.

WARNING: Failure to produce the above requirement in the next 96hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you, and if found guilty, you will be jailed for terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering as this is a serious problem in our community today. The F.B.I will stop at nothing to track down and prosecute any criminal who indulge in this criminal act of terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering. Forward the document to us via email attachment as soon as you obtain it.

Faithfully Yours
Robert S. Mueller, III
FBI Director
federalbureauofinvestigation_usa@inbox.eu

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