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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: "David Mainhood" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dmainhood197078@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 15:41:14 -0800
Subject: RE: RECALL OF YOUR FUND

Attn: Beneficiary,
 
RE: RECALL OF YOUR FUND
 
I am Charles Collyns Taylor, Assistant Secretary for International Finance of United States Treasury Department. Be informed that your fund has been recalled back from the offshore payment center. This Recall was after the interception of the fraud attempt by some group of suspected fraudulent officials who was trying to divert the fund to another account by the International Remittance office.
It was detected after reconciliation of payment files which was directed by Board of Directors of the United Nations Economic Commission and the United States Treasury Department after the financial submitting which mandated United States Treasury Department to investigate all outstanding and approved payment which is presently pending with offshore payment centers around the world which your payment file was among the file and irregularities was detected.
The fund was called back based on these findings, that upon thorough examination of your debt records. (to ascertain the genuineness of the chargeable claims), and to determine whether or not the procedures of Inheritance or contract were carried out in conformity with the existing regulations,based on open tender policy, the following discrepancies were duly discovered.
 
 
1. Your payment procedures were being handled in an unusual transaction pattern, which gave the avenue for all these fallacies and also bogus promises which is totally impossible in any part of the world and also to use it as a blackmail means of extorting money from you. All these contributed to make it impossible for you to receive your fund.
 
 
2. There was a large scale documentary pilferage, procedure diversions, (using UN-existing offshore payment exercise, and documentary subversion, procedural hijacking through fraudulent manipulations, all meant to divert your attention by frustrating you out of patience for possible diversion of your payment to other account.
Based on that your fund has been recalled back by the order of the United States Treasury Department Board of Directors for immediate re-transfer to your account that will be provided by you, you are free to ask any question where you do not understand. The Board of Directors of United States Treasury Department has appointed a Financial Consultant by name David Mainhood & Associates that will oversee and approve every payment that will be release to any foreign beneficiary.
 
 
So you are advice urgently to contact David Mainhood & Associates whom your file has been directed to for final verification and release to your account through our corresponding Bank, your urgent contact to Harry Gates will be highly in your favour based on the finding in your file and also an attempt by some fraudulent officials to divert your fund. Below is David mainhood contact:
 
Name: David Mainhood & Associates
Email Address: dmainhood197078@yahoo.com
 
 
Please, do keep us informed on any development on David Mainhood, your urgent contact with David Mainhood will be in your favour and also you are advice to STOP any communication to any office.
 
Be duly guided
 
yours sincerely,
 
Charles Collyns Taylor

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