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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: "officially" <carmelogianni@alice.it>
Reply-To: <kubackidart@hotmail.com>????
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:14:09 +0100
Subject: I N F O

US Treasury Department / U.N C o m p e n s a t i o n P a y m e n t approval 2022 A W A R D sign and approved by the U.S Federal Reserve Board of Governors

PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX02022.


Attention :Sir / Madam

This is to officially inform you that your p a y m e n t has been approved by Mr.Steven T. Mnuchin,who got nominated On February 13, 2017 as the Secretary of the United States Department of Treasury wishes to inform you that there is an on-going reimbursement inprogram, were with the help of the (OFAC) the United Nations, world bank and the United States Government is reimbursing scammed victims globally who may have in one way or the other lost outrageous amount of money to impostors claiming to be individuals, bank staffs non governmental organizations for the release of your numerous sums of fund via numerous ways which they do not have access to.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been approved. You are advised to contact Mr Mark Lucas who is in charge of your payment through our office as he is our representative. Contact him i m m e d i a t e l y for more i n f o r m a t i o n on how to get your c o m p e n s a t i o n of U.S $500,000 U S D p a y m e n t from the VISA CARD Verification Department

Therefore We have received a mandate and instructions from the (OFAC) and authorities involved here at the U.S Treasury Department to commence the immediate release of your reimbursement valued at just ($500,000) Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only which has been endorsed for remittance to you accordingly in a legal, moral, and ethical way. This is why I'm contacting you so as to let you know that the United States Department for Justice, in The Person of the Attorney General will get some documents for you so that this transaction can be completed without further delay.

This program is to sanitize the image of Africa by p a y i n g up all beneficiaries' pending funds accordingly. All p a y m e n t will be via certified bank t r a n s f e r from our foreign t r e a s u r y account. Therefore,you should furnish him with the following informations:

1.Your full names
2.Direct telephone number/Fax Number
3.Home address
4.Age
5.Occupation
Contact Mr.Mark Lucas to r e c e i v e your c o m p e n s a t i o n p a y m e n t


The D e p a r t m e n t O f f i c e r Mr.Mark Lucas will provide you with i n s t r u c t i o n s on how you would be r e i m b u r s e d accordingly through any of your p r e f e r r e d channel of delivery depending on your choice. All d o c u m e n t a t i o n that will be backing up your p a y m e n t claim shall be obtained and a scanned copy sent to your email or fax machine as proof for v e r i f i c a t i o n.

Yours faithfully,

Anderson Benson
Cc: Steven T. Mnuchin
Treasury Secretary Main Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220

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