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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: Mr Steven T Mnuchin <www.@titan.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr Steven T Mnuchin <mr_jeromehaydenpowell@citromail.hu>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:46:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your $5.5 Million Dollars Payment is due to release to you,

U.S Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220.

Your $5.5 Million Dollars Payment is due to release to you,
This is to inform you to contact Mr Jerome Powell in Federal Reserve bank USA to receive your $5.5 million dollars payment.
The Federal Reserve Bank in United State will complete your $5.5 million dollars payment without any obligation.
The bank will not be blame for not releasing this payment to you if you fail to contact them and follow their instructions upon your receipt of this notification. Please in your receipt of this message, contact Mr Jerome Hayden Powell in Federal Reserve Bank NY, USA with below information and ask him to release your $5.5 million dollars payment as directed.

Contact Person Mr Jerome H. Powell
The 16th Chairman of the Federal Reserve System:
Email: ( mr_jeromehaydenpowell@citromail.hu ).
Email: ( iinfo378@yahoo.com )
Federal Reserve Bank New York United States.
Address : 33 Liberty St, New York, NY 10045,

Once you contact Mr Jerome with above information, he will process and release your $5.5 million dollars to you.

Thanks for your understanding.
Mr. Steven Terner Mnuchin
Secretary U.S Department of the Treasury.

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