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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: IMF PENDING PAYMENT <d-------2@att.net>
Reply-To: george_thomas7700@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:31:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: IMF PENDING PAYMENT APPROVED




IMF PENDING PAYMENT APPROVED

From I.M.F.MONITORING TEAM

African Regional Department building

International Monetary Fund (I.M.F),



Subject: Re: Intercepted Transfer



Attention: Beneficiary,



It has come to our notice in our Headquarters building (I.M.F) that your

impending funds from Africa, which was intercepted, has not been released

to you ,We noticed that you made several attempt to transfer your funds

but to no avail. Our investigation continued to the African Department

(I.M.F),The monitoring team gave an unsatisfactory report to your

transaction, hence the chairman is presently under investigation for

conspiracy with your representative with intension to divert your funds.



You are advised to desist from contacting anyone including your agent or

representative in these regard, International Monetary Fund has taken full

responsibility to transfer your fund to you, respond to these mail by

providing your full below:



YOUR FULL NAME:

YOUR ADDRESS:

YOUR TELE/FAX NUMBER:

YOUR OCCUPATION:

YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY OR DRIVERS LICENSE COPY ( SCAN ED COPY )



SEND REPLY TO THIS EMAIL: george_thomas7700@yahoo.co.uk



Regards,

GEORGE THOMAS

African Regional Department Director





It has come to our notice that you have been receiving emails from

criminals who worked for some of this vital offices where your payment was

originated saying your atm card have been approved, compensation fund

approved, federal government of Nigeria have approved funds via office of

the presidency, paymaster general have approved fund and diplomatic

delivery approved to your favour, etc, please don’t listen to this

criminals because they want to divert your payment only IMF can direct

where to go for your money, waiting your reply.

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