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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. Miller McLean FCIBS." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united2000cancil@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 08:51:59 -0700
Subject: Who is Mrs. Christian Morgan claiming to be your true representative,,

DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS


Urgent Attention,

Following the 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. I want to introduce myself once more, I am Mr. Miller McLean, the Director of Financial Intelligence Unit sworn in as Treasury in a ceremony attended by President Donald John Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. see below: http://www.treas.gov.

Who is Mrs. Christian Morgan claiming to be your true representative and she said you are dead?

We advice you to stop all the communications with everyone regarding your payment, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and FBI. We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of African countries and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice. 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 fo

During the course of investigation, they were able to recovered some funds from these scam artists and IMF organization have ordered the funds recovered to be shared among the 10 Lucky people listed around the World as a compensation. This notice is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation is on. 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.

We will apply on your behalf for foreign exchange Approval and I will submit your details for immediate release of your fund.
Be informed that we have verified your payment file as directed to us, and your name is next on the list of our outstanding fund beneficiaries to receive before the end of the first Quarter term of the year 2018. Be advised that because of too many funds beneficiaries due for payment at this first quarter of the year, you are entitled to receive the sum of Sixteen Million United States Dollars (USD $ 16,000,000) first part payment to enable us pay other beneficiaries.


We anticipate your quick response!

Yours Faithfully in Service,
Mr. Miller McLean FCIBS.
Director of Financial Intelligence Unit.

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