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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: Ms Jenet Yellen <whitehousewishingtondc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msjenetyellen@aol.com
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 14:45:20 -0700
Subject: Official Attention please ready carefully

I am , Mrs Janet Yellen, Secretary Department of Treasury USA

in conjunction with International Monetary Fund (IMF)
We got a report from director of Federal Reserve Bank Mr Jerome Powell,
That your delayed transaction was abandoned in the Federal Reserve Bank
which was issued out to you as your Compensation fund's etc. They notified
us that the sum of 2,500,000:00 USD is being pending on your Transfer and
will be confiscated in next few days if you the beneficiary failed to claim it.
He informed us that you have not claimed your fund yet. He claimed that you
refused to come up with $90 needed for the transaction to be completed because
the law of the Federal government stated that no deduction of amount of fee in
total fund to avoid losing your fund . So, However, we only heard from him,
therefore we really want to hear from you as well to know exactly what
transpired
between you and director Federal Reserve Bank Mr Jerome Powell, why you did not
claim your fund up till now. We will like you to explain to our humble
understanding
as soon as possible why haven’t you have the fund in your possession.
As you can see
we're already on this issue and will see to successful end of it this
time, am writing
to you as the Department of Treasury USA to enable you receive your
fund. The  government
has approved the transfer and the bank has approved it too. Once again
I am the Secretary
Department of Treasury USA and I am promising you in my official
capacity that I must make
you receive your fund. If you don't get your fund from me it means you
will never receive it.
The Bank have all it takes to transfer your fund to your Bank account.
Your fund was referred
to this office because of your previous experience and I want to
assure you that you must receive
your fund from me as long as i am having a conversation with you. My
office and the international
monetary fund, IMF office  USA is in charge. The fund is yours,don't
be discouraged,I am concerned
because the fund is yours we have not come for the diversion of your
fund yet but to settle the
case amicably to enable you receive your Compensation fund's
successful.  So I will appreciate
it if you honor us, I assure you we will definitely come to resolution
point of the whole matter.


Mrs Janet Yellen,
Secretary Department of Treasury,
Headquarters 2 (HQ2), 1500
Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington, DC, 20431. USA.

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