419 scam: "U.S TREASURY" <us.treasury@gov.org> YOUR DELAYED FUND.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "U.S TREASURY" <us.treasury@gov.org>
Reply-To: office.treasury01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:33:01 -0700
Subject: YOUR DELAYED FUND.

From Steven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW=
Washington, D.C. 20220 Attention: Beneficiary, This is to bring to your no=
ticed that our humble office has been going through all the international t=
ransfer from foreign countries into America and other Countries. Especially=
from African countries which has not been credited to any account or deliv=
ered as in check or ATM Card to the beneficiaries of the funds because of e=
xcess demanding of fee upon fee from them. We have now withheld all those t=
ransaction and took it upon our self that this commission will make sure th=
at all this delayed transaction shall proceed to the beneficiary as soon as=
the below confirmation notice is giving to this commission for proper iden=
tification and clarification of the transfer. 1. Your Full Name: 2. Your Ho=
me Address: 3. Your Country Name: 4. Your Telephone Number: 5. Your Identif=
ication Card: 6. Type of Transaction you were into with them: Bank to bank =
transfer, ATM Card Delivery, Check Delivery. etc As soon as the above infor=
mation is sent, We shall proceed and make the funds possible for you. Waiti=
ng for your urgent confirmation to proceed. Yours Sincerely. Steven Mnuchin=
Secretary:=20

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