419 scam: United States Department of the Treasury <a.lagostina@tin.it> Reply back to me right away for the immediate delivery of your fund<br> to you.

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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 state 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: United States Department of the Treasury <a.lagostina@tin.it>
Reply-To: diplomat.michaelkrop@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:12:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Reply back to me right away for the immediate delivery of your fund
to you.

From the Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO)
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220
United State of America.
Tel: 1 (202)858-4914.

Attention beneficiary,

I hope that you are doing fine? Please I am Michael Krop from the
United States Department of the Treasury Washington D.C.

I am writing this email to inform you that I am still waiting at the
airport and I need to proceed right now and deliver your fund to you. I
have sent you a couple of emails but no response from you, I want to
let you know that the Airport Authorities and IMF authorities will
confiscate your fund if you fail to receive them before the next 24
hours.

I need to make sure that you must receive your complete fund before the
next 24 hours to avoid losing your fund, so you need to reply back to
me right now so that you must receive your complete fund worth
$1,500,000.00USD (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars). I have contacted you several time but no response from you,
but I want to let you know that your silence on me will not help
issues, rather it will only make you to lose your fund, because the
authorities will go ahead and confiscate your fund if you fail to
receive them before the next 24 hours.

I need to start coming to your house right now and deliver your fund to
you because I have some other urgent appointment to handle at the
office, so I need to proceed and deliver your fund to you right now and
return back.

All you need to do now is to reply back to me right away and reconfirm
your correct delivery address and your available telephone number, so
that we must avoid any wrong delivery. You need to avoid any further
delay, reply back to me right now and reconfirm your correct delivery
address and your available telephone number.

I await your urgent feedback so I can proceed and deliver your fund to
you, to avoid losing your fund. Reply back to me right away or you call
me on Tel: 1 (202)858-4914.

Warmest Regard
Michael Krop
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220
United State of America.

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