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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: "Michael Faulkender" (may be fake)
Reply-To: < info.usa20199@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 16:59:02 -0700
Subject: U.S. Department of Treasury Treasury Building 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C., U.S

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U.S. Department of Treasury
Treasury Building 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW Washington, D.C., U.S
 
contact U.S. Department of Treasury.
 
Attn Dear
 
This is to bring to your notice that the US Department of the Treasury
in affiliation with the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has
been authorized to compensate 1,000 scam victims who has being a
victim of internet scam.The USA Department of the Treasury has decided
to pay you $5 Million each in order to restore this global economy due
to this COVID 19 Pandemic virus hardship to the enviable standard of
respectability.
 
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested here in united state by the FBI and united state secret
service  as one of the victims of their operations.You are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him or her for
any reason whatsoever as the US SECRET SERVICE and FBI  is already on
trace of the other criminals anywhere in the world ,these information
should remain confidential till they are all apprehended,other victims
who have not been  contacted can submit their application as well for
scrutiny and possible consideration.
 
Contact Our payment Officer with bellow information
NAME : Thomas P. Feddo
Email :  (  info.usa20199@gmail.com )
Telephone; +1 202 888 4432
 
Contact him for your Compensation and ask him to release your $5
Million online account information such as your Account login in and
Password to you so that you will wire your fund into your nominated
bank account anywhere in the world .  Covid 19 and scam victims
compensation fund,he's the director of the Office of Financial
Research  (OFR) You are also advised to provide him with the under
listed information for verification:
 
1)Full Names 2)Home Address 3)Nationality: 4)Age 5)Sex
6)Occupation 7)Phone Number.
 
Call this office immediately you send your details to speed your
payment.Or you can send them your Bank account information where the
fund will wire directly or they will open an online account and
transfer the money into the account for you to transfer the fund by
yourself
 
Best Regards,
Michael Faulkender
Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy United State Treasury.

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