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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 Anthony Blinken <mathewlaminga@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anthonyjblinken002@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 23:11:18 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION!

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URGENT ATTENTION:

YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT IS FINALLY RELEASED, YOUR FUND IS NOW HERE IN
THE USA AWAITING TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR ADDRESS, THIS IS THIRD TIME I
HAVE SENT YOU THIS SAME MESSAGE AND, TODAY IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITHIN
THREE DAYS YOU WILL LOSE YOUR FUND FOR EVER.


The reconciliation of accounting data to budgetary data is required
under Government Code (GC) sections 12460 and 13344. GC 12460 requires
information in the State Controller’s Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual
Report to account for funds on the same basis as that of the
applicable Governor’s Budget. GC 13344 requires departments to prepare
and maintain financial and accounting data for the Governor’s Budget
and related documents, and the Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual11 Report
described in GC 12460, according to the methods and bases provided in
regulations, budget letters, and other directives of the Department of
Finance (Finance).By law, year-end financial reports must be prepared
consistent with the applicable budget. Information provided to Finance
for the Governor’s Budget must be consistent with information provided
to the State Controller’s Office (SCO) for the Budgetary/Legal Basis
Annual Report. The following instructions will assist departmental
accounting and budget staff to reconcile year-end financial reports to
budget schedules in accordance with government code and state policy.

Sequel to the above specifications, the management of the Fund
Reconciliation Department here in New York City USA, wishes to let you
know that every precept regarding your funds has been concluded. You
will be receiving your funds from this Surrogate Court any moment from
now. We take, keep and make reports of every transaction done here in
the USA. Investigations gathered by the Fund Regulatory Agency, shows you
have been receiving numerous emails from several offices
requesting you to claim your funds. In some cases, you tried a lot but
still the transfer or delivery was not completed due to one reason or
the other. The fact is that you are stuck between the chains which
make it impossible for you to differentiate the real office from it's
counterfeit.

We noticed that the only real offices that had ever contacted you in
respect to your funds were the United State Embassy Kenya and Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. It was brought to our notice that the former
Ambassador to the republic of Kenya, Ambassador James Knight, made a
voluntary effort to bring your funds along to your home address but
couldn't due to some fall-out on your ends. The Federal Reserve Bank
of New York came up to make a wire transfer but they said you couldn't
meet
up with the fee demand for the transfer, so they gave up on you. In a
more proper and legalized manner, the International Monetary Fund and
the Federal Reserve Bank solicited us Fund Reconciliation Department
to allow your fund to be written as a Check or Credited as Visa Card
and be shipped to your home address through the USA Priority Express
Mail. These options could be the best, easiest and the most efficient
way to have you get hold of your long awaited United Nations approved
funds.


In total, your funds were amounting to the tune of 3.5Million
United State Dollars As we speak, your funds have been credited in
your Visa Card and also available as Cashier's Check well documented
and packaged. The documented package will be shipped to your mailing
addressed by the USA Priority Express Mail here in NY, USA. The ONLY
thing needed before we can POST your ATM CARD or CHECK is the
PROCUREMENT FILE of your
funds. The procurement file is at the Origin state of your funds in
New York City.

However, according to our agreement with the originated New York City,
all our communications should be on email for record purpose so follow
my instruction accordingly, even if you don't have the $200.00 USD. This is
your life
opportunity and I don't want you to lose the chance anymore.

For the purpose of double payment on your end, we had an agreement
with the IMF and Federal Reserve to document every charge necessary
until the package gets to your home address. The analytical group of
the two offices mentioned above had an accurate sum of $200.00 USD for
Procurement. So it was constituted and officially submitted to the
"Court of Justice" that the ONLY charge you will EVER pay before your
package leaves our office here in USA to your home address is $200.00
USD for your Procurement File to be signed and conveyed down here in
the USA and YOU WILL NEVER pay a dime again as agreed. We are renowned
and reputable USA Agency and we don't like an undocumented process
that is why it had to be written down in Court that you will never pay
any other money apart from the $200.00. The $200.00 USD is for
"PROCUREMENT FEE"

Therefore, the days of you being subjected to paying twice Double
Payment is over as that is the case with some corrupt officials down
there in Africa, whom always strife to subject beneficiaries to hard
bureaucratic bottleneck, thereby making it impossible for most
innocent citizens spread across the globe and the likes to claim what
rightfully belongs to them. Thank GOD that your funds are here in NEW
YORK SURROGATE COURT, USA and so we decided to follow the USA
constitutions so as to ensure that your money is in your hands this
weekend. Without mincing words, it will be desirous if you consciously
adhere to the above instruction by remitting the PROCUREMENT FEE
calculated to be $200.00 down to the office of Ambassador James
Knight at the US Consulate/Embassy in New York so that your ATM CARD
or your Check depending on your choice, could be shipped to your home
address as soon as the Ambassador arrives here with your procurement
file. The PROCUREMENT FEE of $200.00 USD is PAYABLE in Two payment
options:


We hope for your immediate positive response with payment details or
payment slip attachment once you make the payment to enable a speedy
shipment of your Check/ATM Card to your home address. Once again, we
are sorry for the inconveniences you might have encountered in the
past, in pursuit of your funds. Now that this office, the Fund
Reconciliation Department is involved, you will have no cause to ever
regret again as long as you adhere to the above given instructions.

Regards,

Mr. Antony J. Blinken
United States Secretary of States.
Email:anthonyjblinken002@gmail.com

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