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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 Mark Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <admin@carizmamotors.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:30:25 +0700
Subject: Re: U.S Treasury Department 91.151.214.53 Found: test/test

U.S Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) U.S Treasury Department's
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220


Security Operation Code: (FDMO / IDMO / 793XXCL / 13)


FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE OF USD1.2M (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)


A circular/Query was sent from the Treasury Section this morning to enable my office confirm that you issued a letter of Authority for a change of Beneficiary and receiving account from your Name/Account to Mr. Paul Bowen from Luxembourg.

The circular stated that one Mr. Paul Bowen came to the Treasury Department claiming to be from your sister company in Luxembourg with a letter of Authority purported to have been written by you that the total Inheritance sum should be transferred into your sister Company Account in Luxembourg and that they are ready to pay the outstanding fee of US$1,550.00 (One thousand, five hundred and fifty United States Dollars ) meant for the procurement of the insurance policy certificate)obtainable from the legal department in order to receive the fund. I will want you to confirm the following issues:


1. Do you have a sister company in Luxembourg?
2. Did you give anybody a power of attorney to receive your Inheritance payment entitlement on your behalf?
3. Should we authorize the Treasury Department to acknowledge and validate the purported authority to change Beneficiary and deal solely with Mr. Paul Bowen on matters concerning your claims/payment?


Please note that you have between seven (7) working days from the date of this letter to attend and clarify the issue raised above or this office will conclude that all the issues raised are correct and subsequently confirm to the Treasury Department to deal with Mr. Paul Bowen. In the light of the above, this office shall not welcome any petition or Blames that your fund was wrongly paid/transferred to someone else if you do not respond to this letter.

It is our tradition to first confirm the original beneficiary before any Reconfirmation can be given to the Treasury Department: Prior to the issue raised above, I am disappointed in you. After the effort and time you went as far as authorizing your sister Company to receive the same Inheritance payment on your behalf without my consent. Based on this your payment with instructions from the Treasury Department had been stopped automatically unless you clear this issue raised above by convincing my humble self and the Treasury Department that you never authorize Mr. Paul Bowen to redeem claims on your behalf. This must be supported with an Affidavit of claims/Declaration denouncing such claims by Mr. Paul Bowen. Without such a Declaration; no payment shall be paid to you. This Declaration must be sworn through the High Court of Justice.


Finally, all embargoes on the fund are lifted as we have at this point confirmed that the funds are from a genuine source as bank of America / Federal Reserve have accepted them without problems as demanded by the European Union to have these funds in circulation.

Reconfirm the following information


1. Your Full names:
2. Your Telephone and fax numbers:
3. Your Contact address:
4. Occupation:


Department's Officer: Mark Anderson
Email- admin@carizmamotors.net

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