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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: "MRS.LAEL BRAINARD" <"www."@circus.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MRS.LAEL BRAINARD" <Ozochamber1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:04:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON,

DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS(Office of the Under Secretary)
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington D.C. 20220.
Urgent Attention,

I am Mrs. Lael Brainard, Under Secretary for International Affairs of the
United States Treasury Department and was sworn in as the 75th Secretary of the
United States Department of the Treasury in a ceremony attended by President
Donald Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence.see below: http://www.treas.gov/
organization/bios/ Brainard. Shtml.

Following series of complains from Citizens
of the United States as well as Citizens of Other Countries In Europe over the
Discrepancies and fraudulent ways in which fund transfers are handled by
Africans which has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their
Winning or Inheritance funds from most African Countries due to frauds and
illegal activities, A decision was reached recently by the United States
Treasury Department under the authority of the White House to compel African
Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release all funds of American and European
citizens that are trapped in most Banks and Courier Companies in Africa. It was
discovered that some bureaucratic bottlenecks was put by these Banks and
Couriers to make it impossible for beneficiaries to claim their funds so that
they will fraudulently divert those funds to their private accounts.
Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated to handle this
matter to ensure that all funds of our Citizens and others which are
fraudulently being trapped in African Banks are urgently retrieved and paid to
the actual Beneficiaries under a legal manner. Our team of experts were
delegated to Benin Republic, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana for this task and
we discovered your File NO: BR227/9005666/00 as unclaimed fund. It was
discovered that officials of the Bank has only put up illegal requirements in
order to make it difficult for you to claim your fund.
The United States Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of illegal
transactions and we will be working under a legitimate arrangement to ensure
that you follow the normal process to receive your fund.
You are requested to Re-confirm the following information to Barr. Humprey O.
Bernard.:1. SURNAME.............2. OTHER NAMES......................
3. PHONE NUMBER AND FAX.................4. ADDRESS...................
5. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED: $14.500,000.00 USD
Be informed that the above information will only enable us to make due
confirmation. We shall ensure that normal process is followed to ensure that
your
fund gets to you without delay. Contact Barr. Humprey O. Bernard who is right
in Benin Republic as the Legal Practitioner to United States Department of
Treasury
Contact Barr. Humprey O. Bernard for urgent attention: +229-98547685
Ozochamber1@yahoo.com
Warm Regards
MRS.LAEL BRAINARD
(Under Secretary

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