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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.Coleman M.Collie" <josephjoe445@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "mrcolemanmcollie@gmail.com" <mrcolemanmcollie@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:22:52 +0900 (JST)
Subject: International Debt Funds Recovery Unit United States Department of
the Treasury


International Debt Funds Recovery Unit
United States Department of the Treasury
Washington DC 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, DC 20220

Attention Once Again:

Thank you for your detailed correspondence; we are "The Foreign Assets
Treasure Lodgings of the United States, supplementary of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury Washington, DC. Our motive is to monitor large
funds coming into the United States in whatever package or via
(Electronically or Consignment Baggage) thus I ponder on facts to get your
attention.

Understand that we do not need to provide you with any more information as
our first email to you explains it all. Its with immense pleasure that I
deem necessary to enlighten you more over our diligent and proactive
services as commitment to the American citizens to serve with our heart and
might in discharge of our duties because we are governed by principles and
policies that must not be violated by any person or group of person(s), and
the state of affairs to which our policies are established is very
unprecedented and dose not need to suit any person as its a matter of
whether or not you like our conception you have to adhere to our
instructions to you.

Be well informed that before we commence the delivery of your consignment
total worth of $20.5Million USD baggage to your bank or residence, the
legal paperwork’s that will back off unnecessary stir up from the United
States Customs Service and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United
States has to be obtained known as 'Stamp of Duty Paperwork’s and
Permission Order Paperwork’s to avert the categorizing of your consignment
baggage as smuggled illegal item into the country for the finance of
terrorist attacks or Money Laundering due to SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACK ON
AMERICA, a disaster that every American detest in our memory because it’s a
stigma to our independence rights " terrorism they say is the third world
war". In order words the paperwork’s are to be obtained from the fund
origin by Attorney General in charge.

Secondly, we ensure that our clients are well informed and acquainted with
our codes of conducts and that is the facts that the Foreign Assets
Treasure Lodgings of U.S. Department of the Treasury Washington DC can only
accommodate your consignment box in the pecuniary vault of the treasury for
the maximum period of ten working days, and If the baggage deposit period
exceeds ten working days without being cleared out of the vault, the
Foreign Assets Treasure Lodgings will automatically impose demur rage
accumulated charges over the consignment, and the charges are to be paid
before the consignment baggage will be released and delivered to your
residence or bank through our special agent.

Basically the obtaining fees of the above listed paperwork’s is $200, and
to avert the police of imposing your consignment with accumulated
demur-rages, you are advice to Western Union or money gram the fees to
Attorney General using the information below, because the use of an account
will perhaps give the room for the accumulated demur-rage charges to be
imposed on your consignment due to fact that the limited time given to you
to wrap-up this transaction will elapse.

Therefore I will advice that you adhere to my instruction and guidelines to
you and everything will work perfectly. When your funds was being counted
and arranged into the consignment box therefore i will advise, you comply
and follow our instruction for immediate delivery of your funds to you.

The paperwork's will be obtained from Chief Judge by attorney General in
charge, in this regards you have to wire the fees direct to United State to
that we will make sure the paperwork's obtained fast to avoid scams.

Kindly Locate the Western Union Money Transfer Store or Money Gram Store to
have the $200 sent and the Western Union Money Transfer Payment information
is stated as following below.

RECEIVER: igwe obodo
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY: COTONOU
QUESTION: TODAY?
ANSWER: YES
AMOUNT; $200.00


I need below information as soon as you send the documentation charges via
Western Union Money Transfer.

Sender Name:
Sender Address:
MTCN:

you can call us here 0115793322 or 0229-98619284

Be informed that at the receipt of the paperwork’s from the attorney. We
will not hesitate to provide our accredited diplomat agent that can deliver
your consignment total worth the sum of $20,5Million without any hitches.

I will be expecting your swift and expedited response shortly.
My id is attached to this letter.

God Bless America.
Yours sincerely.
Mr.Coleman M.Collie

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