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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: "U.S Department Of Treasure" <officfile@globomail.com>
Reply-To: u.streasure@superposta.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:17:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM Texas: 75241, U.S Department of the Treasury


>From the Office of Mr Collie M. Coleman  






Senior Secretary, Foreign Assets Control






The U.S. Department of the Treasury






Treasury Annex,

1665 Wagon Wheels Trail; Dallas, Texas; 75241

United States of America.















Friday January-13-2012










Our Ref: USA/TREAS/898ATCP






Your ref: USA/IMF/7890/121














                             COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT RESOLUTION PANEL ON WITHHELD PAYMENTS













You are being contacted today dated (13th of January 2012) because
you have not received your awarded funds and we want to advise you the
status of your fund payment case. Recently there was a court decision
that favored you in getting your funds back from international banks
that are withholding your funds. Although you are hearing from us for
the first time, we have been working very hard for you and making
progress on our research on why international banks has failed to
completely credit funds to international owners/beneficiaries account.













We have also taken time to review your online email communication
messages on your unsuccessful transactions with most international
inheritance/contract insurance companies and other foreign banks
especially in Africa and United Kingdom. We wish to let you know that we
have communicated with most of these foreign banking institutions that
withheld most international payments to individual accounts so as to
find out why these funds were withheld, the source of the funds and a
final solution to this problem.













Conclusively, we discovered that most withheld and unpaid funds
which originated from lottery organizations, international trading,
company's awarded contract funds and deceased personals where not
properly filed for international fund payment to its beneficiary account
by the fund beneficiary approved to receive such funds.













Such transfer suspension was placed on these funds because majority
of these international fund remittance/transfer  are not properly
recorded by the paying institution for future file reference/assessment
by the International Monetary Fund and the Financial Services Authority.













Presently, your ongoing transaction in which you will gain full
assistance from us to monitor your case and make sure you receive your
awarded funds on instruction compliance will be on full effect in your
favor as long as you have complied with the Order of Court dialog in
which we are presently trying to obtain favor on your fund payment case.













In joint alliance with the Financial Services Authority to resolve
this issue, we wish to let you know that we have been approved to assist
you in receiving your awarded funds but only the total sum of Seven
Million Eighty Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($7,800,000.00
USD) which was approved to pay. We have gone through the security
manifest booklet of all international outstanding transactions and our
extensive investigation confirmed that you are the original owner of
this fund through the assistance of the International Criminal Police
Organization (ICPO) to investigate and release suspended withheld fund
to its beneficiaries account abroad, we were able to gain an approval
authorization letter from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which
stated that your funds will be paid to you on proper confirmation of its
claim.













We wish to inform you again that there is an existing arrangement
from us to process and pay you the outstanding debt of $7,800,000.00 USD
owed to you immediately you provide the complete requirements needed
for us to process your fund payment case. This was resolved in a meeting
held between the International Financial Auditors in Europe and two
representatives from the American government last week.






 






- A scanned copy of your international passport or drivers license:






- Your direct mobile telephone number:






- Your present home address for document delivery:








By the virtue of the provision of the law which confer on us powers
to advocate, adjudicate suspend and authorize an immediate transfer of
your funds internationally, we hereby state emphatically and without
prejudice that should there be any information that may succeed your
application for unclaimed awarded fund release that are currently
deposited in most foreign banks in Europe, Asia and in Africa, please do
not hesitate to provide the above information so that we will know how
to help you receive your funds.













Also note that failure to properly apply for the fund payment will
nullify your chances of receiving your unclaimed funds, and this fund
will be confiscated and made to be forfeited under the Money Laundering
and Other Financial Crime Prohibition Act of 2006













Regards,






Senior Secretary, Mr Collie M. Coleman








Foreign Assets Control.






U.S. Department of the Treasury.






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Questions about this information should be directed to U.S. Department of the Treasury






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