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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: "HM Treasury" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hm-treasury@wss-id.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:21:26 -0700
Subject: HELLO?

Lisa Donald
Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Treasury
Horse Guards Road
LONDON SW1A 2HQ.


Attention: Beneficiary,

My name is Lisa Donald .I am the new Chancellor of the Exchequer(HM Treasury) in
the United Kingdom. I am writing you with regards to your stalled funds transfer
you have been expecting all these years.I was specially instructed by the Office
of the new Prime Minister( David Cameron) to embark on a personal review of all
long pending and stalled InternationalTransfer Files of all Banks Operating in
the United Kingdom, including those at our Offshore Foreign Correspondent Banks
in the last government, with a view of redeeming genuine cases of Transfers, and
consigning others as bad debt.

The office of the new Prime Minister has mandated me to ensure that all genuine
claim and transfers are paid.The Government of the U.K took this major step in
addressing these problems of all stalled transfers as a result of the global
financial crisis that has affected banks by establishing the HM Treasury Debt
office to take over payment responsibility on behalf of all banks operating in
the UK.

The creation of the HM Debt office consolidates debt management functions by the
new Prime Minister as a result of the global financial melt-down for ensuring
proper coordination of all payments emanating for the U.K. The HM Debt office
centralizes and coordinates the country's debt recording and management
activities, including debt service forecasts; transfers payments; and advising
on debt negotiations as well as new borrowings. It also provides for the
establishment of a supervisory board that has oversight functions on all banks
operating in the UK as well as endorsement of strategic thrusts and policies for
the organization, consistent with the broad policy objectives of government.

Your transfer file came to my attention just this morning, and I was compelled
to take special interest in your transfer because of its peculiar history of
procedural inconsistencies and unauthorized payment approval documents that are
contained in your file.Consequently, I have this morning ordered the heads of
all the relevant Government Departments genuinely involved in the foreign
transfer protocol and the Bank to suspend all further action on your transfer
pending conclusion of my personal investigation into the actual reasons why your
transfer has failed to date. Official memos have been issued to the relevant
departments.

However, preliminary evidence shows clearly that some fraudulent persons have
taken advantage your stalled transfer and have been extorting monies from you
through concocted excuses and lies, only for them to divert the monies collected
from you to their private pockets and return back to demand more monies from you
endlessly. Please you should not allow yourself to be deceived and extorted
anymore.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) in the United Kingdom, I want to
assure you that your transfer will now be processed through the simple,
transparent and authoritative means where you will not be required to pay any
unauthorized fees.Please discontinue any form of contact with all those you have
been dealing with before now, no matter the nature of your relationship with any
of these crooks, including your local attorney.My intention is to quickly
reactivate and sort out your transfer without any distraction.

Reply immediately to acknowledge this advice, and I will instruct you further.

Please all correspondences should be sent to this email:hm-treasury@wss-id.org
Regards,
Lisa Donald
Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Treasury.

***** This email and any attachment may contain confidential information. If you
are not the intended recipient because it was sent to you in error,you are not
authorized to reply,copy or disclose all or any part of it without the prior
written consent of Lisa Donald Chancellor of the Exchequer HM
Treasury

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