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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: "Mr. Timothy F. Geithner" <mr.jamesyoung8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bernard.barrister@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:09:11 +0800 (CST)
Subject: ATTENTION FROM DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS



ATTENTION FROM DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS


DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS
(Office of the Under
Secretary)
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington D.C. 20220.
Urgent
Attention,

I am Mr.Timothy F. Geithner, Under Secretary for International
Affairs of the United States Treasury Department and was sworn in as the 75th
Secretary of
the United States Department of the Treasury in a ceremony
attended by President Barack H. Obama, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ,
see
below:
http://www.treas.gov/organization/bios/geithner-e.shtml

Following
series of complains from Citizens of the United States as well as Citizens of
Other Countries In Europe over the Discrepancies and fraudulent
ways in which
fund transfers are handled by Africans which has made it impossible for a lot of
People to claim their Winning or Inheritance funds
from most African
Countries due to frauds and illegal activities, A decision was reached recently
by the United States Treasury Department under the
authority of the White
House to compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release all funds
of American and European citizens that are trapped
in most Banks and Courier
Companies in Africa. It was discovered that some bureaucratic bottlenecks was
put by these Banks and Couriers to make it impossible for beneficiaries to claim
their funds so that they will fraudulently divert those funds to their private
accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated
to handle this matter to ensure that all funds of our Citizens and others which
are
fraudulently being trapped in African Banks are urgently retrieved and
paid to the actual Beneficiaries under a legal manner. Our team of experts
were
delegated to Benin Republic, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana for this
task and we discovered your File NO: BR227/9005666/00 as unclaimed fund.It was
discovered that officials of the Bank has only put up illegal requirements in
order to make it difficult for you to claim your fund.

The United States
Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of illegal transactions and we
will be working under a legitimate arrangement to ensure
that you follow the
normal process to receive your fund.

You are requested to Re-confirm the
following information to Barr.Anderson
J.Bernard by
e-mail:( email:
bernard.barrister@yahoo.com )

1.
SURNAME............
2. OTHER NAMES................
3. PHONE NUMBER AND
FAX......
4. ADDRESS...........
5. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED: $36.500,000.00
USD

Be informed that the above information will only enable us to make
due confirmation. We shall ensure that normal process is followed to ensure
that
your fund gets to you without delay.Contact Barr.Anderson J.Bernard who
is right in Benin Republic as the Legal Practitioner to United States
Department
of Treasury e-Mail below:(email:bernard.barrister@yahoo.com )Call Barr.Anderson
J.Bernard on his phone for urgent attention: +229 68654433
Warm
Regards
Mr. Timothy F. Geithner
(Under Secretary






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