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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: "Mr. George L.Taylor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <html.portal@blumail.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:59:46 -0700
Subject: U.S Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control

U.S Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)U.S Treasury Department's 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL HAS APPROVED TO PAY YOU PART PAYMENT OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VALUED OF $15.5M. ATTN:- Beneficiary This email is to notify you about the release of your outstanding payment which is truly $15.500.000.00 USD. The New Prime Minister ( UK) scheduled a time frame to settle all foreign debts which includes Contract/Inheritance/ Gambling/ Lottery(Sponsored by Microsoft and National Lottery) and other international loans.News had it that over the past,numerous individual (s) who happen to be impostors (claiming to be individuals, banks and organizations) are claiming to release numerous sums of fund via numerous ways. With the help of the (OFAC)U.S Treasury Department's and with the FBI we have noticed that people have being asked to pay outrageous amount of money by these impostors for the transfer of their funds to them. We want you to stop all communication that has to do with these fraudsters who have been requesting unreasonable sums of money from you to release your funds which they do not have access. Therefore the British Prime Minister in conjunction with the U.S.A government , World Bank and the United Nation Organization do hereby give this Irrevocable Approval order with your new and ''SECRET'' fund release code: GNC/3480/01/0H9 in your favour for your contract entitlement and your inheritance fund which you have not yet received. Now it has been approved by the World Bank that your Contract/Inheritance Fund be released through the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK UNITED STATES. So you are advised to present any of your choice, on how you want to receive your fund, either by ATM SWIFT CARD or BANK WIRE TELEX TRANSFER, so in regards to the transfer you can provide any of your bank account details for the transfer of your fund without any further delay. We contact you in regards to the Instruction given by the UNITED NATIONS,we urge you try and indicate on how you want fund to be released to you from the two option above. Your New and ''SECRET'' information Approval NO: UNITED NATIONS APPROVAL NO;UN5685P WHITE HOUSE APPROVED NO: WH44CV REFERENCE NO.-35460021 ALLOCATION NO: 674632 PASSWORD NO: 339331 PIN CODE NO: 5567HDC4 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT PAYMENT NO: 103 RELEASE CODE NO: 0763 U.S TREASURY CONFIRMATION NO:-1114433 SECRET CODE NO: XXTN013. Note: Having received these vital payment number,therefore you are Qualified now to receive and confirm your payment with the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK UNITED STATES immediately with the next 72hrs. As a matter of fact, you are required to deal and communicate only with Mr.Terry Gerald or Mrs. Veronica Lucas, Telex Department of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK UNITED STATES. Please ensure your report back and address the ''SECRET BENEFICIARY CODE'' above in accord to the Officials of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA. Any missing figure or code will not qualify you and Contact Mr.TERRY GERALD or VERONICS LUCAS with the mail address below: Department: Fund Wire Transfer Dept.(FWT) E-mail @: html.portal@blumail.org Office Tel: +(1)803 900 8312 --------------------------------------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION: Your personal contact/ communication with Mr.Terry Gerald is (XP010).You are advice to send your full banking information to the telex transfer officer above and make sure you speak with him for proper confirmation. God Bless America. Signed by, Mr. George L.Taylor U.S TREASURY DEPT. CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This E-MAIL may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, copying, or use of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by email at the E-MAlL listed above to arrange for the destruction or return of the original document to us. Thank you. © 2011 United Nations And USA Government.

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