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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: ANDREA GACKI <notify@600200.com>
Reply-To: <fiduciarymail@icloud.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 03:41:37 +0800
Subject: Benevolently Scrutinise!

 
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control,
                      U.S. Treasury Department.
ACTION: Notice of OFAC Indemnify Remittance Actions.
 
OMB Number: 1505-0165
BILLING CODE: 4810-AL-P
 
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces World Customs Organisation (WCO) Indemnify Compensation Remittance Programs against difficulties of Living worldwide, defrauded victims, Individuals, groups and entities. Financing them in accordance with national security support and foreign policy goals and objectives.
 
WCO, as part of its continuing effort to enhance sufficient funds to the general public, assisting them to be able to contribute successfully to national development goals, particularly to revenue collection, tax payment and community protection. Invites the OFAC and other Federal Agency to act on proposed disbursement of 2017/2018 recovered wealth, to random selected persons from the general public, as required by the Compensation Act of 1994.
 
CURRENT ACTIONS: Through an Int’l computerised balloting systematic program, you and nine others were randomly and luckily selected to benefit and achieve the 2019 Compensation Prizes of a total sum of Four Million United States Dollars in addition with some Natural Gold nugget huge at 13.16 troy ounces from the Treasury. Hence, before the International Court of Justice the World Court, principal judicial organ of the United Nations. We have verify and certify the Compensations released are clean and genuine from source and origin. Therefore, your legit compensation is ready to be disbursed to you, and shall be processed for delivery remittance, after acknowledgement of your interest response.
 
The Board of Benefactors, have announce the possible means of Remittance and also time availability to receive Funds and gold measured. However, it’s declare that compensation shall be remitted through a Consignment via UPS Shipping and Logistics Service. Thus, members of the Treasury Department and World Customs, have determined that all Ten Eligible Beneficiaries to forfeit the UPS shipping cost of the consignment which’s in amount of Two hundred and Ninety U.S. Dollars only. Stating that other tax have been paid, as there will be no other fee of any kind. And all related documents are acquired and will be shipped with the consignment to your residence.
 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As regards the procedures of claiming your rightful Compensation, you are required to provide your data such as names, residential address and direct telephone numbers. It will also be used to update your details on our database network apparatus; For this to be done you will only pay the Two Hundred and Ninety U.S Dollars, for cost of your consignment delivery through UPS Shipping and Logistics Service Inc. We assume you understand these guidelines to a factual situation, on how to claim your Benefits/Merit Cash sum of Four Million United States Dollars and the Natural Gold nugget huge at 13.16 troy ounces. Which you eligibly won from the Indemnify Funds & Assets Compensation Programs.
 
GUIDELINES: Claims Submission received must include the agency name and the OMB Number that appears at the top of this letter document. To facilitate consignment delivery, provide your datas and be prepared to endorse the cost of shipping your consignment, do these whilst contact back because there are no time for delays, as time waits nothing and nobody.
 
The information in 1505-0165 is a certification required pursuant to 515.572(a)(4) of the WCO Assets Control Regulations, 31 car part 515 (CAR) by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who’s to make authorised remittance. OFAC will monitor compliance with regulations governing authorised beneficiary and benefited remittances, donative remittances, remittances to religious and organisations from blocked Start Printed Page 18342 accounts as well as the provision of remittance forwarding services.
 
Sincerely,
 
Miss. Andrea M. Gacki
Director,
andreagacki@icloud.com
Office of Foreign Asset Control.
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
 

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