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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: florina.parsolea@inm-lex.ro
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:20:15 +0200 (EET)
Subject: (IMF) PAYMENT

Attn: Beneficiary,

Be informed that your part-payment of (US$300,000.00) from International
Monetary Fund Unit (IMF) has been approved to transfer via our department
of Western Union, Meanwhile your urgent respond is highly needed with the
re-confirmation of your details where and how to receive your funds in
our office such as:

Your Name:................ Country:.............. State and
City..............
Address.............. Telephone Number............ Age...........
Sex......... Occupation.........

Also the payment of US$9000.00 has already been made through Western Union
for you to pick it up, but due to the instruction we received from
International Monetary Fund Unit (IMF), You are required to pay sum of
(US$180.00) to activate your payment files and also to ensure you are the
right person to receive the fund. Upon reception of the Activation fee,
you can pick up the first transfer of US$9000.00

(M.T.C.N): 086-391-13086
Senders Fisrt Name: Earl
Senders Last Name: Fariss
Question: WHO?
Answer: ME
Amount: $9,000.00 USD

Call all or email me once you picked up this $9,000 USD today. Here is
the western union information, you can also track it on-line at
https://wumt.westernunion.com for confirmation before going to their
office to pick up.

You can easily get back to us via email or telephone# for more details
while the amount you will be confirming daily is (US$9000.00) starting
from the day we receive the Activation fee. You are to use the name below
to send the Activation Fee via Western Union and send payment details to
this E-mail: mtcndept11@zoho.com

RECEIVER NAME.......Abu Augustine
COUNTRY......................VICTORIA, ISLAND, LAGOS NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION..........GOOD
ANSWER.................GOD
SENDER NAME..............
MTCN.............

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.
Mr.Collins Moore
Tel: +234-705-3400-808
Email: mtcndept11@zoho.com
Manager Western Union Nigeria.

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