So what is a 419 email and why you should avoid one?

If you receive any email purporting to offer you Money (Millions of Dollars) such as a fake Internet Lottery, deceased distant relative, Email Lottery, etc. and in return you have to pay a person a couple hundred Dollars for mailing reasons -- ignore and delete it, because it is NOT REAL.  These emails are from Nigeria, where there is a law about it called 419. These are thugs, liars and con men.  People have been kidnapped for providing your personal information to organized crime.  The groups also impersonate the US Federal Government, the FBI, and other persons... with misspelled words or bad grammar.  They usually prey on the poor and innocent. 

The following is an example:

"This is to bring to your attention that we have obtained a classified document showing that you are dealing with scammers and impostors. We have tracked your transactions over the years and found out that you are dealing with scammers in Africa and all over the world. You are hereby warned, to put a stop to all your transactions with the under listed scammers/impostors;


JANET YELLEN  (IMPERSONATED)
WILLARD ANIL
TERRY WORD
ANDREW WAYNE
REV. MICHAEL LUCAS
CLIFFORD CHANCE
MARY MOHHAMED  (IMPERSONATED)
CHIEDOZIE PETER EGWUONWU
EMEKA LAWRENCE ONUORAH
EMMANUEL OKOYE
GEORGE MOGHALU (IMPERSONATED)
DAWSON SUSAN
HON.CYNTHIA H. CLANTON  (IMPERSONATED)
EDITH VERMEILLE
CHARLES JOHNSON
JERRY MICHEAL
WILLIAM OTUTUNZU
PHILIPPE GIRIGISSOU  (IMPERSONATED)
REV. RAYMOND GODWIN
ROLAND SMITH
SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI (IMPERSONATED)
GLYNN BURGER  (IMPERSONATED)
JOHN EDWARD
DAVID SCOTH
MARK MORGAN
CRISTINA MORENO  (IMPERSONATED)
BRIAN MOHNIHAN (IMPERSONATED)
Rev. JERRY LEO
JOHN BOOMA
BONI YAYI (IMPERSONATED)
BARAK OBAMA (IMPERSONATED)
GODWIN EMEFIELE (IMPERSONATED)
IBE KACHIKWU (IMPERSONATED)
MOHAMMADU BUHARI (IMPERSONATED)
BUKOLA SARAKI  (IMPERSONATED)
MICHELLE OBAMA (IMPERSONATED)
SOLUDO CHARLES (IMPERSONATED)
JACOBS BUMA
MIKE IGWE
CHRISTINE LAGARDE  (IMPERSONATED)
DAVID MARK (IMPERSONATED)
BEN BERNANKE (IMPERSONATED)
BAN KI-MOON  (IMPERSONATED)
WILLIAM CASTORO (IMPERSONATED)
MOGENS LYKKETOFT (IMPERSONATED)
JAMES COMEY  (IMPERSONATED)
JOHN O. BRENNAN (IMPERSONATED)
JEH CHARLES JOHNSON (IMPERSONATED)
MICHAEL J. FISHER (IMPERSONATED)
Mrs Mireille Ballestrazzi (IMPERSONATED)

And so many more organizations such as UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, IMF, Bank of AMERICA, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Interpol, EFCC, World Bank, Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, British High Commission E.T.C


We are working round the clock to get hold of these individuals who in one way or the other, masterminds the use of banks, courier service and embassies while posing as the real persons to extort money from their victims.

You are WARNED to STOP further communication either by phone or email to any of this person listed above or any other person posing as an agent. And we urge you to forward any email you receive to this office for verification and approval before you reply them.

Whatever this message contains is for you alone DO NOT share or forward this mail to any individual, because all the persons on the list are being hunted and you must not reveal this to them otherwise it will make their apprehension difficult for us.


Your payment files from  different banks; NatWest Bank of London, Central Bank of Nigeria and Benin Republic, Bank of America Africa Development bank, UBA bank, E.T.C were compiled and submitted to my desk for review.. The total sum owed you was sum up to the tune of $28,850,000.00 Twenty Eight Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars. Now the funds had been lodged into the Federal Reserve Bank, while waiting for accreditation and transfer to your personal/private bank account in any part of the world.


Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have attempted to fulfilling all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your payment. Unfortunately, your payment was not released to you due to flimsy excuses from the Bank officials in charge of your payment, because they have the intention of diverting your funds to their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest.


You are however lucky that we dictated their evil plans and therefore call for the submission of your payment files to us so we can personally handle the payment assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.


Now all modalities regarding your funds release/transfer has been put in place here at the Reserve Bank, thus, your funds have been made ready for transfer in their sophisticated macro transfer system, so the only obligation you are to fulfill now in order to receive your $28,850,000.00 payment is to contact the federal reserve bank of St. Louis  with your full details and request for transfer and pay the transfer charges of $285. During our meeting with bank officials it was agreed that the only charges to pay upfront in order to effect the transfer is $285 USD, so you are advice to work together with your payment officer to ensure successful completion of your funds transfer.

You are to contact your payment officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis account department by email with the below information and make sure you forward your information to them such as full name, address and direct telephone number.

David A. Sapenaro
Chief Operation Officer
email:  dav.sapenaro@gmail.com
Phone:  Phone: 314) 888-5478
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
One Federal Reserve Bank Plaza
Broadway and Locust Streets
St. Louis, Mo. 63102

You are strongly advised, to contact Federal Reserve with the above information and comply with them to ensure you receive your funds as scheduled. You are assured of the availability of your funds as soon as you contact and comply with them.


Sent by
FBI Cyber Security
E-Scam Warning Department.
FBI Headquarters
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

FBI Cyber Security <info@fbicybercrime.gov>"
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