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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: lael brainard <directorclifford2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: brainard2017@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:14:52 -0500
Subject: Mandate from the bureau of Int Affairs

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 John 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 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. Thomas Link by e-mail:(barristerlink2016@gmail.com)


1. SURNAME.............
2. OTHER NAMES......................
3. PHONE NUMBER AND
4. ADDRESS...................
5. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED: $15.500,000.00 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. Thomas
Link who is right in Nigeria as the Legal Practitioner to United
States Department of Treasury e-Mail below:
(barristerlink2016@gmail.com)

Call Barr. Link on his phone for urgent attention: +234-8090-511252

Warm Regards
Mrs. Lael Brainard
(Under Secretary).
Chat Conversation End

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