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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: "Mrs.Janet Yellen" <collinsnnelson737@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gt131519@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:38:21 -0800
Subject: Attention:

DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS
(Office of the Under Secretary)
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20220.
DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS
(Office of the Under Secretary)
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20220.


Attention: Beneficiary,

I am Mrs.Janet Yellen, i previously served as the 15th chair of the
Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. I'm the newly appointed United
States Secretary of the Treasury Department and was sworn in as the
78th Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury of the
administration of President Joe Biden, and Vice President Harris.

Following series of complaints from Citizens of the United States as
well as Citizens of Other Countries In Europe over the Discrepancies
and fraudulent ways in which fund transfers are handled by Africans
which has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their
Winning prize or Inheritance funds from most African Countries due to
frauds and illegal activities, A decision was reached recently by the
United States Treasury Department under the authority of the White
House to compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release
all funds of Asian, American and European citizens and other
geographic continents that are trapped in most Banks and Courier
Companies in Africa. It was discovered that some bureaucratic
bottlenecks were put by these Banks and Couriers to make it impossible
for beneficiaries to claim their funds so that they will fraudulently
divert those funds to their private accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated to
handle this matter to ensure that all funds of our Citizens and others
countries which are fraudulently being trapped in African Banks are
urgently retrieved and paid to the actual Beneficiaries under a legal
manner. Our team of experts were delegated to Benin Republic, Nigeria,
Ivory Coast and Ghana for this task and we discovered your File NO:
BR226/9005677/01 as unclaimed fund.It was discovered that officials of
the Bank has only put up illegal requirements in order to make it
difficult for you to claim your fund.

The United States Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of
illegal transactions and all have been arrested for this act .
However, we will be working under a legitimate arrangement to ensure
that you follow the normal process to receive your fund.You are
requested to Re-confirm the following information to Dir Gerald Terry.


1. YOUR NAME:
2. AGE :
3. PHONE NUMBER AND FAX:
4. ADDRESS:
5. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED: $5.500,000.00usd
6. DRIVER LICENSE:
7. SEX :
8: COUNTRY :

Be informed that the above information will only enable us to make due
confirmation. We shall ensure that normal process is followed to
ensure that your fund gets to you without delay or any unwarranted
fees .

Contact Dir Gerald Terry who is in charges of paying you your trapped
fund and he is right now in Washington as the Legal Practitioner to
United States Department of Treasury e-Mail below:

Contact Person: Dir Gerald Terry
Email: gt131519@gmail.com


Yours in Service
Mrs.Janet Yellen
(Under Secretary)

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