419 scam: "FEDERAL TREASURY OFFICE"<fedtreasury@aol.com> Compliment!!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348090981554 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- +2347057501485
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- fedtreasurydpt@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FEDERAL TREASURY OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedtreasurydpt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:32:44 -0800
Subject: Compliment!!!

Dear Honorable Beneficiary,

This is safe receipt of your email response to my honorable office.

Meanwhile,I want to use this opportunity to inform you that your fund had been gazette and approved for payment since the second week of 27th Of
Nov 2009 and we have sent you a notice before this day and also we have inform the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) in the United States of America
about the Final processing of your overdue inheritance fund successful to your designated bank account without any further delay.

It will be your best interest to know that you are among the Category "H"Foreign Beneficiary/contractor that is due for payment with Federal
Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Be informed that among all the beneficiary in Category "H" you are the only one that has not received
your Fund as schedule by the Federal Government of this republic of Nigeria.

Also you are to bear it in mind that the federal government of Nigeria/Supreme High Court Of Nigeria had already pay all charges that may
be required from you before the transfer of your overdue fund is Remitted to your designated bank account or if you will prefer to receive your fund
via the means of Delivery of an ATM/CHECK to your doorstep , but an Insurance Stamp must be Endorsed on your Payment Transfer Slip before
transfer/Delivery can be made and beneficiary is to bear the cost of the Insurance Stamp which will cost you US$285 only.

Be informed that this fee of US$285 Dollars is going to the Monitoring Agency that will monitor your fund while it?s on transit, and if you think
you are not comfortable with this Protocol that just been Implemented by Federal Ministry of Finance/Supreme High Court Of Nigeria and the Board of
Director?s, you can also receive your fund through our affiliated bank in United Kingdom (UK), in this regard you will receive your fund cash in a Trunk box in form of a
consignment, the only thing you will have to do is to Travel down to United Kingdom (UK) to receive your fund through a diplomat means by our
affiliated bank in United Kingdom (UK).

You are advise to open up COMMUNICATION with the NAICOM INSURANCE COMPANY for the immediate issuance of the INSURANCE STAMP on your PAYMENT SLIP:

Head Of Operation: MR RENEE LAMBERT

Email: feedback.naicominsurancecom@live.com

Telephone#: 0112347057501485,+2347057501485

Kindly call the NAICOM INSURANCE COMPANY immediately you send them an email in regards to your email, so that the NAICOM INSURANCE COMPANY will
get back to you with IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

Lastly I want you to know that the Senate Head of Committee on Debt Reconciliation had already call for all payment file that is due for
payment but I have to delay the one of Category "H" payment file because you still remain unpaid.

Get back to upon this email.

Chief Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi
Supreme High Court Of Nigeria.
Telephone: +2348090981554,23414717983
Email: fedtreasurydpt@gmail.com

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