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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Lael Brainard" <ustreasurydepartment@fredfarms.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <officeflatfile1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:56:54 -0700
Subject: From DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS/United States Treasury Department. Very
Urgent

DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS
(United States Treasury Department)
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington D.C. 20220.
Phone: 1-800-872-6460/1-800-872-6468

Urgent Attention,


I am Mrs. Lael Brainard, Under Secretary for International Affairs of
the United States Treasury Department and was sworn in as the 77th
Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury in a
ceremony attended by President Donald John Trump and Vice President
Mike Pence. , see below: http://www.treas.gov/ organization/bios/
Brainard. shtml

Following series of complains from Citizens of the United States as
well as Citizens of Other Countries In Europe over the Discrepancies
and fraudulent ways in which fund transfers are handled by Africans
which has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their
Winning or Inheritance even contract funds from most Africa and other
Countries due to frauds and illegal activities, A decision was reached
recently by the United States Treasury Department under the authority
of the White House to compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to
urgently release all funds of American and other citizens that are
trapped in most Banks and Courier Companies in Africa and other
countries. It was discovered that some bureaucratic bottlenecks was
put by these Banks and Couriers to make it difficult for beneficiaries
to claim their funds so that they will fraudulently divert those funds
to their private accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated to
handle this matter to ensure that all funds of our Citizens and others
which are fraudulently being trapped in African Banks and other
countries are urgently retrieved and paid to the actual Beneficiaries
under a legal manner.Our team of experts were delegated to Benin
Republic, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana and other countries for this
task and we discovered your File NO:BR227/9005666/00 as unclaimed
fund. It was discovered that officials of the Bank has only put up
illegal requirements in order to make it difficult for you to claim
your fund.

The United States Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of
illegal transactions and we will be working under a legitimate
arrangement to ensure that you follow the normal process to receive
your fund. Our economic team has chose the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA to
be the correspondent bank that will release all the beneficiary
fund.You are requested to contact the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA with the
details below

Mrs. Rose Okwuchima (Foreign Affairs Remittance Unit)
(INFO.UBABANKPLC@fastservice.com)


Be informed that the above information are the only authorize bank
empower by the US government to release your payment,if you are
dealing with any other individual or bank, you are advise to stop it
immediately. Note that the only fee you will pay to them is $98 for
processing of your payment. If the bank demand for another fee quickly
let us know.

If you are not interested in receiving your payment again quickly send
us disclaimer letter and give us reason why you don;t want your
payment again so that we will cancel your payment and no one will
contact you again for it.

Warm Regards
Mrs. Lael Brainard

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