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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 Treasury Department's" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnsonfreeman01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:17:08 -0500
Subject: U.S Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control

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- johnsonfreeman01@gmail.com

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