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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: INTERNATIONAL MONITORING UNIT <henrypeople01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: regierungstellvertreter@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 15:16:17 +0200
Subject: (IMF)INVESTIGATION


To Kind Attention,

(Respectful)

We the Management and Board of the OVERSEAS INTERNATIONAL MONITORING
UNIT hereby
contact you reference to your long awaited payment for quite some times now.
This funds transfer had been strongly monitored under our (Monitoring Team
25RPD) without you achieving your payment. To that effect, we have received an
URGENT MESSAGE from our Monitoring Team 25RPD to stop your funds transfer and
call for the funds back and haveit deposited into private Bank which we had
already done since last weekend. For your Information, You are
expected to stop
every further communication with all those corrupt officials you have been
dealing who planed to divert your funds into their personal account
that is why
you have not received your payment into your bank account since all
this years.

You are expected to stop all your communication with your lawyer and other
corrupt official in Africa who is involve in this dirty deal because they all
tried to divert your fund into their Private account and also they do not have
any legal right over this fund. We sincerely apologise for all that you have
gone through in getting this funds. Your funds had been deposited into our
recovery account with African Fiscal Commission.

This commission is in-charge of all unclaimed funds recovered by our
Monitoring
Unit for Security Reasons. Upon receipt of your immediate response, we shall
forward to you the following; Name, address and contact details of the
accredited paying centre where your fund will be transfer from to your bank
account in your Country. Please note that our assurance is that you would
receive your fund within 7 working days if you adhere to our simple advice and
directives without any stress.

As a matter of fact, we have many Individuals from United States and
other parts
of the world who had also gone through such things and we have helped in the
past to get their funds. They even spent lots of money more than you to these
same corrupt officials in AFRICA before we came to their rescue and now they
have received their payment. It is a pride to us to release this fund to you
hence you will adhere and maintain secret to the highest level. First and
foremost, you are obliged to stop further communication to those impostors who
claim to be Bank Officer's in Africa you had been dealing with for the past
couple of years.
This will enable us work effectively and make our investigation to trap and
prosecute them and also it will enable us to effect your payment secretly
without these bad eggs knowing to avoid intercepting it. The OVERSEAS
INTERNATIONAL MONITORING UNIT would instruct the AFRICA FISCAL COMMISSION as
well as the paying Bank to effect payment of this. Your money to your
designated
bank account in your country immediately you have contacted them. You are
advised to reconfirm to us the following information for documentation and
processing of your payment through the Bank.

1 Your home or Office address.
2. Telephone and Fax Number
3. Bank Account Information
4. ID Card or International Passport
5. Reconfirm Amount
6. Reconfirm Amount to be transferred.

Please Note that as soon as we receive this information’s, we shall
forward your
payment file to the IFC in Africa . We the management and staffs of
the OVERSEAS
INTERNATIONAL MONITORING UNIT assures you of receiving your funds without any
problem within (7) business Days from today if we receive from you requested
information from you.

Kindly Call the Director immediately you receive this information on 24hrs
Telephone Line. +447 024 088 462. CONGRATULATIONS.

Dr. Tijani Maluo
(Overseas International Monitoring Unit)
Marylebone-United Kingdom London
Adress 103-109 Lavender Hill Battersea London SW11 10





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