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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: "The Treasury Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <treasurydepartment.payment@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:15:55 -0800
Subject: Immediate Payment of US$10.5million

Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220
Phone: +1 770 742 9337

Attention,



We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS Monetary Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your compensation payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed due to your inability to contact the right officials for release.

To forestall this, security for your funds was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) KTT wire transfer by our recomended bank and this will enable only you to have direct Control over your funds in your account. We will monitor this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank. An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on your Payment. However, we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/Instructions; your complete compensation funds valued $10.5M have been credited in your favor through KTT wire transfer.
You are therefore advice to contact us with your information for verification to avoid paying wrong person



Your urgent reply will help us affect the release of your fund without anymore delay.

Regards,
Jacob Jack Lew
Secretary The Treasury Department
Email: treasurydepartment.payment@gmail.com

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