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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: "U.S Department of the Treasury" <us.treasury@washingtondc.usa.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:43:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Recipient Directives On Foreign Payment




FROM THE OFFICE OF MR. TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER

Senior Secretary, Foreign Assets Control

The U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Annex

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20220

United States of America

Tel: +1-(202) 622-2000

Fax: +1-(202) 478-0979

 

Thursday, August 26, 2010

 

Our Ref: USA/TREAS/898ATCP

Your ref: USA/IMF/7890/121

 

 

                                       COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT RESOLUTION PANEL ON WITHHELD PAYMENTS

 

We want to advise you of the status of your fund payment case. Recently
there was a court decision that favored you in getting your funds back
from international banks that are withholding your funds. Although you
are hearing from us for the first time, we have been working very hard
for you and making progress on our research on why international banks
has failed to completely credit funds to international
owners/beneficiaries account.

 

After reviewing your online email communication messages on your
unsuccessful transactions with most European and other foreign banks in
Africa, we wish to let you know that we have communicated with most of
these foreign banks that withheld most international payments to
individual accounts so as to find out why these funds were withheld and
the source of the funds.

 

Conclusively, we discovered that most of these withheld and/or unpaid
funds being remitted to individual accounts abroad originated from
lottery organizations, international trading companies and deceased
personals.

 

Such transfer suspension was placed on these funds because majority of
these international fund remittance/transfer of over the total sum of
$500,000 and above to private individuals account abroad, usually
carried out by foreign Banks, Private or Commercial Courier Companies
were never properly recorded by the paying institution for future file
reference/assessment by Crime Monitoring Units/Agencies.

 

In joint alliance with the HMRC Treasury Europe, the European Financial
Service Commission & the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to
resolve this issue, we wish to let you know that we have approved to
release only the total sum of Seven Million United States Dollars
($7,000,000.00 USD) to enable you start up your own business.

 

Through the assistance of the International Criminal Police
Organization (ICPO) to investigate and release suspended, withheld
and/or unpaid Inheritance/Award Winning/Contract funds to its
beneficiaries account abroad, we were able to gain an approval
authorization letter from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which
stated that these funds will be released by these European and other
foreign banks to its beneficiary on proper confirmation of its claim.

 

In response to this court decision, we got the Legislature to apply
backward in time so that you can use the violation of the existing law
to get your funds back.

 

You need to apply for your fund payment by sending us your personal
information below along with a scanned copy of your international
passport or drivers license so that we will forward it for verification
and payment.

 






PERSONAL DETAILS;





ANSWERS;







1. Your Full Name, Nationality & Current Location.














2. Your Age & Current Occupation.














3. Your Phone & Fax Number.














4.  Your ID Number (or Attach Identification Documents).













 

By the virtue of the provision of the law which confer on us powers to
advocate, adjudicate suspend and authorize an immediate transfer of
your funds internationally, we hereby state emphatically and without
prejudice that should there be any information that may succeed your
application for fund release that are currently deposited in most
European and other foreign banks, please do not hesitate to provide us
the information so that we will know how to help you receive your funds.

 

Important Notice: Your inability to make this clarification for
fund transfer with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue
to suspend your chances of receiving any international payment directed
to your local bank account from any foreign bank until this
clarification is made.

 

Failure to properly apply for the funds release for transfer will
nullify your chances of receiving this funds, and this funds will be
confiscated and made to be forfeited under the Money Laundering and
Other Financial Crime Prohibition Act of 2003.

 

Also note that due to my position as the Secretary of the US Department
of the Treasury, I will not be available to answer any of your calls
because i am not always in my office due to the states political
matters and my office numbers are usually engaged until i return after
few days. If you have any issue to discuss regarding your funds, kindly
email me and i will always get back to you as soon as possible.

 

Email: ( Click here to eMail )

 

 

Regards,

Senior Secretary,

Foreign Assets Control.

U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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Questions about this information should be directed to

The U.S. Department of the Treasury

Telephone: +1-(206) 259-6650. or | By eMail |

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