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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: "U.S.TREASURY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jgillipsie00@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:42:57 +0100
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary,

Attn: Beneficiary,

United States Department of the Treasury in conjunction with the U.S. Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hereby call your awareness to this development has confirmed by the States Security Services.

The United States Department of the Treasury has been notified that you were formally and still presently been in contact with some offices that have informed you about a Lottery winning payment/Over-due contractual funds either from apex banks, United Nations or other organizations.

For your best interest, we therefore ask you to stop further communications with whosoever you have been dealing with in regards to any lottery payment/contractual funds even if you have been sending them some outrageous fees in order to claim the payment because they are nothing but scam. We also need you to know that no matter how long you keep sending them money as they demand to claim this funds, you will never receive it and these unscrupulous elements won't stop until you are left with nothing. So, be warned!

So, in order to protect the interest of the citizens of the United States of America and foreigners, this humble Office have met with the Member of Presidential Board of Trustee on Debt Verification Panel, U.S. Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and held several successful meetings to put an end into the ongoing fraudulent activities being perpetuated by some impostors in and out of the country to deceive the innocent people.

To ascertain what can be done as the remedy to stop this awful acts and bring back meaning to people's lives, a conclusion has been made that all citizens and foreigners that have one way or the other been a victim of scam within or outside the country should be compensated and also be paid their long over due payments. Fortunately, your name and email address was among the list from the file submitted to my desk of those due for payments in this first quarter of the year 2018.

Your beneficiary funds that was allotted is now been deposited in our pecuniary vault with our paying bank. The proceed of this event was successful because the Secretary of State dedicated his time to guarantee success due to his fight to eradicate deception, corruptions and terrorism that has deeply rooted in the government and the people and it was also an achievement for him to meet the deadline given at the last G8 summit to clear all outstanding beneficiary debts and delayed lottery wining payments.

To this effect, I want you to know that all the money that has been taken from you by these scammers that took advantage of you, plus your original long over due payment has been jointly premeditated and approximated, the sum of usd2.6 million has been awarded to you by the United States Department of the Treasury and the funds is presently lodged in your favor with our paying bank (JP Morgan Chase Bank), you are therefore asked to contact the Internal affairs manager of the bank with your information as requested below in order for them to pay you your funds. Bank contact information:-

JP Morgan Chase Bank
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Contact person: Todd Blake
E-mail: toddblake.remit545@aol.com

Your information to be sent:-

Your full name.............
Your full home address...........
Age, sex and occupation...........
Phone number......................

Do contact the paying bank's Internal Affairs Manager with your information as requested above, also quoting your Fund Release Request reference#: USTRSD-CSBNK/733/IJ-3K/18. Contact him as instructed to claim and receive your funds with the code given to you and I assure you that your funds shall be released to you within 3 working days.

CONGRATULATIONS!.

God bless America!

Regards,

John K. Gillispie
United States Department of the Treasury.
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220.

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