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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: "Steven Terner Mnuchin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <christopherjarchibald883@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:16:37 -0500
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!

Office of Financial Research
U.S. Department of the Treasury
717 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 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 1,000 scam victims who has being a victim of internet scam.The US Department of the Treasury has decided to pay you $2.500,000.00 USD
 
(TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND. United States Dollars) each 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 the victims of their operations. You are hereby warned not to communicate or
 
duplicate this message to him or her for any reason whatsoever as the US SECRET SERVICE is already on trace of the other criminals,these information should remain
 
confidential till they are all apprehended, other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.
You will be contacting Attorney Christopher Walker directly by replying to this email for the release of your $2.500,000.00 USD compensation fund, he's the director
 
of the Office of Financial Research (OFR).You are also advised to provide him with the under listed Assignment information for verification:
Office Of Financial Research (OFR)
Email: christopherjarchibald883@gmail.com
Phone Number +1(816) 321-9215
1) Full Names
2) Home Address
3) Nationality:
4) Age
5) Sex
6) Occupation
7) Phone Number.
8) ID Card:
9) Preferred Payment Method (ATM / online banking Transfer......
Best Regards,
Steven Terner Mnuchin
Secretary of the Treasury.

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