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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: "US EMBASSY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hencloud189@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:38:33 -0500
Subject: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY!!!



Int'l. Wire Transfer/Telex Department,


Effective from JANUARY, all ineffective files have
been scheduled for de-activation and every unclaimed portfolio is to
be released with immediate effect to the United States Treasury
Department for absorption in to government budget spending.

The funds will be dissolved and no more payment exercises will pay or
honor any closed portfolio.

This new mandate is final,and will take effect from 10th JANUARY
2020.Your fund which remained abandoned for over 6 months gave the
fake applicants who earlier came to impersonate you,an opportunity to
attempt to divert your funds. They even came with the $1,650 which is
the official charge and only fee needed to effect transfer, but what
baffles me is how they got to know so deep.

You need to immediately respond with firm response and action and also
provide your direct mobile number for us to discuss deeper on phone
because there are further security instructions which you MUST FOLLOW
to successfully get your fund targeted and transferred to your
receiver Bank Account within 48hrs express.


(I). You must keep my information to you in this correspondence highly
secret because I don't want to get involve with he,yo
ur local representative
.

(ii) As you have seen, it will be useless and mere waste of money if you
continue with your local representative and i can assure you that with trust
and confidence we will conclude the transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality if you wish to adhere to my directives and instructions. If
these conditions are acceptable to you, contact me as soon as possible to
let us finalize all the arrangement and conclude the remittance of the fund
to you immediately without any other delay attached.

I will give you more important details once I hear from you based on if you
promise to keep away from your local representative and handle this matter
with utmost confidentiality because I want to transfer the money without the
knowledge of any other officer of the TREASURY or even without the knowledge of
your local representative .
May the peace of our Jesus Christ be upon you.
Faithfully Yours In Him.
Mr HENRY CLOUGH

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