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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: Timothy Gribben <timothygribben475534@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesmmurray52@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 05:02:23 -0700
Subject: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20220


Our Ref: BFS/IRD/CBX/021/20



Attention


My Name is James Muray and I work with the US Department of the Treasury.
As The Commissioner Debt Management Services Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
Yesterday i found out from our record that you have an unclaimed sum of
money from the United Nation Compensation list that was never remitted to
you, maybe due to some circumstance you could not Complete your
transactions home or abroad, So I took it upon myself to get in touch with
you, before it will be Confiscated as you still have the chance to claim
yours.

Currently, Federal agencies and other organizations collectively hold more
than $200 billion in unclaimed cash and benefits, which come from a variety
of sources, including abandoned bank accounts and stock holdings, unclaimed
life insurance payouts and forgotten pension benefits seizures of third
party benefit, legal financial transactions, like lotto winnings,
Inheritance claims that was abandon by individuals over skepticism etc.

It was however ascertain that you were supposed to receive a sum of $14.5
million dollars which is still unclaimed till date, kindly email back at;
Jamesmmurray52@aol.com
for more information on how you can claim your fund:

Regards,
James Muray
Commissioner
Debt Management Services Bureau of the Fiscal Service US Department of the
Treasury.

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