419 scam: "TREASURY DEPARTMENT"<office@WEBSMILE.biz> Ref: Fund Legitimate Arrangement

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "TREASURY DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <roland_jr55@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 03:31:06 +0100
Subject: Ref: Fund Legitimate Arrangement

Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220

This is to bring to your notice that the US Department of the Treasury in affiliation with the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has been authorized in their Sanction Programs to compensate scam victims who has being a victim of internet scam.The US Department of the Treasury has decided to pay you $500,000.00 USD(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in order to restore the global economy to the enviable standard of respectability.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the victims to be paid $500,000.00 USD(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). You are advised to respond to this email as soon as possible for the immediate release of your compensation fund with the below:

*Full Names:
*Home Address:
*Nationality:
*Occupation:
*Phone Number:

Best Regards,

Jacob J. Lew
Secretary of the Treasury
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)

Note: The information contained in this e-mail is private & confidential and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us, preferably by e-mail, and do not read, copy or disclose the contents of this message to anyone.

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