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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: "HM TREASURY UNITED KINGDOM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hm_treasury02@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 06:46:35 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENTLY


Unit 1, Horse Guards Rd,
London SW1A 2HQ,
United Kingdom.

Attn;Dear Sir,

I think we have given you enough respect and time to pay for the
transfer permit. At this juncture, we have concluded that you are
no-longer ready and willing to have this fund. Kindly put it into
writing that you are not willing and capable of claiming this
fund. Once we receive this, the transaction will be called off, as directed
by the legal department of the treasury. Please be informed that we do
not accept any fee paid through western union or money gram. For the
sake of transparency, we can only accept fees paid through our accredited
revenue collector's account, bank to bank.

Be informed that after seven days of this notice and you did not
respond, we will have no other option than to seek for a court
injunction which will enable the government of United Kingdom to
declare this fund unclaimed.

The HM treasury of United Kingdom have commenced a legal process
to end the transaction. Kindly sign the attached disclaimer form from
the Royal High Court as it will enable us to call off, cancel this
transaction.

Signed,
Mr.Tom Scholar
PERM.SEC.HM TREASURY UK.
+44-741-847-1835
Cc;
US TREASURY
F.B.I
INTERNATIONAL COURT

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