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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: "United States Department of the Treasury" <officcclrfctn244@gmail.com>
Reply-To: us_deb_recover01@w.cn
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:17:17 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: Hello Fund Owner, From International Debt Funds Recovery Unit

International Debt Funds Recovery Unit
United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW;
Washington, DC 20220
Email: us_deb_recover01@w.cn
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Hello Fund Owner,

Thank you for your detailed correspondence; we are "The Foreign Assets
Treasure Lodgings of the United States, supplementary of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury Washington, DC. Our motive is to monitor large
funds coming into the United States in whatever package or format via
(Electronically or Consignment Baggage) thus I ponder on facts to get your
attention.

Understand that we do not need to provide you with any more information as
our first email to you explains it all. Its with immense pleasure that I
deem necessary to enlighten you more over our diligent and proactive
services as commitment to the American citizens to serve with our heart
and might in discharge of our duties because we are governed by principles
and policies that must not be violated by any person or group of
person(s), and the state of affairs to which our policies are established
is very unprecedented and dose not need to suit any person as its a matter
of whether or not you like our conception you have to adhere to our
instructions to you.

Be well informed that before we commence the delivery of your consignment
baggage in total sum $5.500,000.00usd to your bank or residence, the legal
paperwork’s that will back off unnecessary stir up from the United States
Customs Service and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United
States has to be obtained known as 'Stamp of Duty Paperwork’s and
Permission Order Paperwork’s to avert the categorizing of your consignment
baggage as smuggled illegal item into the country for the finance of
terrorist attacks or Money Laundering due to SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACK ON
AMERICA, a disaster that every American detest in our memory because it’s
a stigma to our independence rights " terrorism they say is the third
world war". In order words the paperwork’s are to be obtained from the
country origin Republic de Benin by the Attorney in charge Named: Mrs
Joyce Maduome

Secondly, we ensure that our clients are well informed and acquainted with
our codes of conducts and that is the facts that the Foreign Assets
Treasure Lodgings of U.S. Department of the Treasury Washington DC can
only accommodate your consignment box in the pecuniary vault of the
treasury for the maximum period of ten working days, and If the baggage
deposit period exceeds ten working days without being cleared out of the
vault, the Foreign Assets Treasure Lodgings will automatically impose
demur rage accumulated charges over the consignment, and the charges are
to be paid before the consignment baggage will be released and delivered
to your residence or bank.

Basically the obtaining fees of the above listed paperwork’s is $470.00US,
and to avert the police of imposing your consignment with accumulated
demur-rages, you are advice to Western Union send the fees to Attorney
Joyce Maduome by using the information below, because the use of an
account will perhaps give the room for the accumulated demur-rage charges
to be imposed on your consignment due to fact that the limited time given
to you to wrap-up this transaction will elapse.

Therefore I will advice that you adhere to our instruction and guidelines
to you and everything will work perfectly. Attached below is Joyce Maduome
id and your custom form when your funds was being counted and arranged
into the consignment box therefore i will advise you comply and follow our
instruction for immediate delivery of your funds to you.

The paperwork's will be obtained from REPUBLIC DE BENIN as the origin
country of your fund, by the Attorney in charge Named: Joyce Maduome : in
this regards you have to wire the fees to COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC NAME
Ameka Emmanuel via Western Union Money Transfer Transfer at the receipt of
this correspondence.

Kindly Locate the Western Union Money Transfer Store to have the $470 sent
and forward the Western Union Money Transfer slip Payment information to
us as stated below for confirmation in fasting them up in order to
complete your delivery today..

Receivers Name: Mrs Ameka Emmanuel
Location : Cotonou benin republic
Text Question: God bless
Answer: America
Amount: $470.00USD

I need the below information as soon as you have the funds sent via
Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram Transfer

Sender Name:
Sender Address:
Sender Phone Number:
Sender Amount sent: $470
MTCN:
Scan and send the Western Union Money Transfer receipt

Scan the Western Union Money Transfer payment receipt to my office and
also to the Attorney Joyce Maduome immediately you are done sending the
funds for the pick up of the funds by the attorney to commence.

Contact Person barrister Joyce Maduome
Email; joyce_m@w.cn
Telephone No; +229 98.90.96.16

Be informed that at the receipt of the paperwork’s from the attorney we
will proceed earnestly to either your residence or the bank address you
provided for the delivery

I will be expecting your swift and expedited response shortly.

God Bless America.

SINCERELY YOURS
SIR GEITHNER TIMOTHY
HEAD OF CONSIGNMENT LODGINGS.

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