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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: "Charles Gilbertson" <financialclearinghouse0000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info@usngovt.org
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 04:18:40 +0300
Subject: UNITED STATES PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Sir,


If you received this notification in your email then you are eligible for United States payment. The United States treasury department secretary Mrs. Janet Yellen has commenced the coordination and disbursement of all unpaid contract funds from Africa, inheritance and funds that were deposited without proper documentation by all financial institutions.

If you currently have a pending/uncompleted fund transaction for any reason by any security or financial institution, or you are a fraud victim awaiting compensation, you're eligible to receive this fund.

You are to reconfirm your information like your full name, address with a copy of your ID to us via email for official documentation, which shall facilitate the payment in your favor.

We are very sorry for all the embarrassment our past government officials and impostors have caused to you and be informed that the government has helped to pay all the necessary bank charges accrued to your fund to the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of America as the apex bank in other to pacify you.


We are committed to serve you better.

Yours faithfully,


Charles Gilbertson,
Treasury Building,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Washington Dc.

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