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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: "Ms. Janet Yellen" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:17:16 +0100
Subject: From Ms. Janet Yellen

Reply to email: ustreasurydept2021@outlook.com


UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

The Financial Management Service, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has a listing of several resources for Unclaimed Money and Assets.

Good Day to you,
My Name is Secretary Janet L. Yellen, As I believe you know who I am, I am sending you this brief message to notify you about your unclaimed funds that has recently been authorized by the United States President, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr due to America's Economic Resurgence, series of Meetings were held on how to repay beneficiaries their unclaimed funds by Inheritance, Contract, lottery, and Properties until a final conclusion was made on Monday the 9th of January, whereby the President authorized the US Treasury to handle the remittance of outstanding payment files, because It's what has and will fuel our economy back and will help ensure that all Americans not just a fortunate few, benefit from the progress we've made since the Great Recession. Do understand that as a beneficiary you must reach terms and agreement before the funds can be remitted.

From the list of the files we have right here the lowest unclaimed funds by individual is from the range of $1.7 Million USD to $15 Million USD, so the FMS are willing and hoping for your sincere cooperation for a successful remittance process of your funds. To determine whether any unclaimed funds are being held by the Federal Government, In the Quarterly Refunding Statement of Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Seth B. Carpenter, The U.S.Department of the Treasury is offering $64 billion of Treasury securities to refund approximately $67.2 billion of privately-held beneficiaries maturing on August 15, 2023.

This will result in a debt pay down of approximately $3.2 billion. So you must determine the type of benefit or payment that could be involved, the date on which the payment was expected, and how the payment should have been made. Giving this information, the agency responsible for certifying any payment due should be able to assist you in determining the current status of any payment in Several companies were engaged in the business of identifying and recovering the unclaimed assets, acquire federal check issuance data from FMS and various Federal Government agencies under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. The information requested by these companies pertains to specific check symbols, numbers and dollar amounts identified on Treasury check cancellation listings compiled by FMS. These listings are not searchable by personal identifiers, such as a person's name or social security number. Personal identifiers may, however, exist in federal agencies' check issuance or c
ancellation records. Usin

The letter indicates that you can receive this unclaimed Inheritance, Contract, lottery, assets and properties once we have been able to track your Payment File and have reconfirmed your details and informations to the Assigned Paying Bank of the United States Government this New Year as you have been given only this opportunity to get this resolved ASAP.

Ms. Janet Yellen,
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Phone:732-712-5429
Email: ustreasuryupdatedesk@outlook.com
U.S. Department of the Treasury Alert.

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