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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: "MR. ONOJA LAWRENCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info-imf0@superposta.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:35:33 +0100
Subject: GOOD MORNING


INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Fund Remittance & Investigation Unit

I am pleased to inform you that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is intensively monitoring all activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) making sure that the Central Bank Governor actually complies with foreign beneficiary remittance for the 2012 year, For Security and Transparency reasons all Fund payment for this year has been moved to the Bank of England as the officially paymaster so as to avoid counter claimant, You are advised to contact Sir Mervyn King Governor Bank of England and get back to my office for further security advise regarding your fund remittance

Regards

NB:

KINDLY VIEW THE ATTACHMENT

Mr. Onoja Lawrence
Head of Operation (IMF)
37C Zielna, 00-108 Warszawa
Tell: +447045718424
Fax: +447005800965

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