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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: Steven Terner Mnuchin <WWW.@jasmine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Steven Terner Mnuchin <mrstevenmnuchin@citromail.hu>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:09:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello this is Mr Steven Terner Mnuchin, the new Secrectary to U.S
Department of the Treasury .

Hello this is Mr Steven Terner Mnuchin, the new Secrectary to U.S Department of the Treasury .

I am compelled to write you in respect of your fund remittance, which transfer has remained unsuccessful. I am very sure that you must have lost hope of ever getting your fund transfer released especially after all the frustrations, endless disappointment and broken promises in the hands of some Africans.
However, I am writing to you, because I am familiar with the history of this fund release. My privileged, knowledge and acquaintance with this payment issue is due to my closeness and association with the immediate past Secretary to the Treasury Mr Jacob J. Lew.

This request must be noted in view of the fact that the current Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Judge Susan G. Braden, is yet to be briefed on some outstanding issues and information by his predecessor and other top officials of the Court of Federal Claims, who are not political appointees and who have worked in the Court of Federal Claims for years.

Briefly, I am quite sure that you must be wondering the reasons behind the non-release of your long awaited fund after Formal Administration has granted approval for it`s remittance.
I may also believe that you would have received countless, unconfirmed and spurious payment Advises and remittance instructions from some officials in West Africa States, indicating that they have granted approval for the transfer of your fund. You may have also been directed to visit different cities and countries with the instruction that your fund would be released at such payment post or that your fund could be delivered to you at your residence.
All these are cooked up Stories from impostors who wish to extort money from you while they do not have any knowledge of the true position of your fund transfer.
Meanwhile, I would like you to note the following:
(1) Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has granted irrevocable payment approval for your fund remittance.
(2) Official release of this fund according to the record from the office of the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, has been duly effected and documented.
(3) Your fund is presently been redirected from IMF Head Quarters and deposited in Federal Reserve Bank New York, United States of America, the only authorized and approved bank by the US Federal Claims Court to handle all outstanding payment/inheritance fund/Awardees.

However for the avoidance of doubt, the reason for the non-release of your fund is due to the fact that the paying Banks in Africa has not received any direct instruction about the beneficiary of the outstanding amount. that is why African Scammers keep giving you vigorous Amounts raging from a million. non of them knows the exact amount you are to receive. As the fund is still being held in the original ACCOUNT. in view of the non-provision of a proof of ownership of the fund and you were not told the truth by your African Scammers.
You have to note that, you have given you email password to those Scammers, you may give them willingly or they hacked it by their hacking tools to enable them monitor all your conversation regarding the release of your fund because they don`t have a good knowledge of your fund.
If you are very certain that you will not continue wasting your money in the hand of African Scammers and you will change your email password, get back to me and I will give you further directives on what you should do immediately.
NB: You are advised to stop further dealings with any of your African Scammers with immediate effect, to avoid further extortion of your money. because even if you pay your last cent to those African Scammers they will demand additional advance fees.

Have a nice day....

Yours sincerely,
Secretary to the Treasury
Mr. Steven Terner Mnuchin.
Email:(mrstevenmnuchin@citromail.hu)

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