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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Robert L.D. Colby" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contactus@ofac-us.org>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 06:37:26 -0700
Subject: Officialemail

NITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSET CONTROL (OFAC) JURISDICTION: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES HEADQUARTERS: TREASURY BUILDING 1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW WASHINGTON, DC UNITED STATES 5/12/2020 Dear Sir, STIMULUS FUNDS ACCESSIBILITY PROCEDURE OUTLINED This letter is being brought to your attention through the Committee of the U.S Department of Treasury, in conjunction with the Office of the Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Recently, after a Conference meeting was held, the above organization have been issued with COVID-19 stimulus funds to distribute amongst beneficiaries having long overdue payment and have expended over Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars during the course of pursuing this transaction. Therefore, it is our absolute pleasure to inform you that you have been selected to receive the COVID-19 stimulus funds pegged for immediate payment in the amount of $3,000,000 USD (Three Million USD). These funds have only been awarded to you only, not to your business partner or attorney. This COVID-19 stimulus funds is sidelined for long overdue beneficiaries that funds owed them are in US currency and the majority of beneficiaries being from the United States of America, Great Britain (U.K), Asia and European Countries. The US government uses this platform to appreciate you for been a responsible and valued citizen so far, and wishes to compensate and contribute positively into your life, whilst hopefully boosting the economy in your area during this trying COVID-19 pandemic crisis period. To avoid complications from developing or if you have any doubt at all about the legitimacy of this transaction, then please travel down to U.S Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. USA to claim and collect your earnings but unfortunately we cannot be held responsible for any travel costs related to this trip, including but not limited to; flight/train costs, overweight luggage fees, hotel/accommodations, etc. If you could please reply back to this email, notifying us of which remittance option works the best for you, we will work out the details and a pick up date if you are traveling headquarters, or a delivery date if you would rather want the COVID-19 stimulus paid directly to your nominee receiving bank account. Along with your decision please take the time to fill out this quick questionnaire, so the recipients of these COVID-19 Stimulus Funds can be compared and properly documented, to make sure there were no bias or unfair practices in who received the funds. Full Name: .... Home address: ... Bank Name: Bank Address: ... Account...number Routing....number Swift....number Telephone numbers: .. Occupation: Age: .... Sex:.... Attach Any Valid ID CARD Upon filling out the above questionnaire kindly submit the confidential information to the processing office of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is an American post-trade financial services company providing clearing and settlement services to the financial markets, making them the best possible supervisory bodies to coordinate this stimulus payment, see contact below: Name of Company: Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Contact Person: Robert L.D. Colby (Chief Legal Officer) E-mail: r.colby@dttcoffice.com Tel: (1) 708 629 6635

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