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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 Treasury Department Funds" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tg058015@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:07:02 +0800
Subject: From The Commissioner Debt Management Service

From the Desk Of:

Timothy Gribben

Commissioner

Debt Management Services

Bureau of the Fiscal Service Funds



Our Ref: BFS/IRD/CBX/021/09

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 bank or even without the knowledge of your local representative.

Note: We want the good name of our Country, the United States Of America. In God We Trust

Regards,

Timothy Gribben

Commissioner

Debt Management Services

Bureau of the Fiscal Service

US Treasury Department Funds
tg058015@gmail.com

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