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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: Anderson Paul <bilyaminusani111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: andersonpaul569@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:25:29 +0100
Subject: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20222 Our Ref: BFS/IRD/CBX/021/22 Attention

--
My Name is Anderson Paul 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 organisation 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 benefits, legal financial transactions, like lotto
winnings,
Inheritance claims that were abandoned by individuals over skepticism etc.
It was however ascertain that you were supposed to receive a sum of $10.5
million dollars which is still unclaimed till date,

kindly email back for more information on how you can claim your fund:

Phone number +1 (202) 792-0117
Email: andersonpaul569@yahoo.com
Regards,
Anderson Paul
Commissioner
Debt Management Services Bureau of the Fiscal Service
US Department of the Treasury DC.

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