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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 Mnuchin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevenmnuchin5@citromail.hu>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 21:06:15 -0800
Subject: Department of Treasury

It have come to my notice that your payment of US$1 Million have been left unclaimed
for some years now,and i was told that you were not able to claim your payment
of US$1,000.000.00 because of lack of fund. But we have resolved to implement
the use of International Swift ATM Card for the release of your payment to you,
In this payment scheme, your payment will be credited into an International
Swift ATM Card account which will enable you make withdrawals at any cash point.
And you will be required to pay a one time payment of $150 to have your ATM card
registered and release to you as planned.

Moreover, Their are two gentlemen here who came from your state to claim your
US$1 Million.on your behalf and they told us that you are DEAD and we want to
confirm if you are DEAD or Not,And if we don't get any response back from you within
7 banking days, we will hand over your US$1 Million. to them. We cannot be held
liable for any loss or diversion of your fund due to wrong information.

Note that you are to appear before us here in WASHINGTON D.C within Five Banking Days
to finalize your accreditation modalities with the board of directors where we shall hand
over your International Swift ATM Card to you in person after signing the necessary documents.
But in a case where by you can't travel due to time factor,Please do confirm that you will take
responsibility for the cost of registration and delivery payable only to the dispatch unit department here in our
office which is $150, Please be informed that your delivery will only take 24 hours (1 days)
to get to your residential address upon confirmation of your payment for delivery.

Thank you and God bless you,

Steven Mnuchin
Executive Secretary
United States Treasury Department
Main Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20220

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