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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: Justina Omar <justinaomar01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 15:42:20 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations
Dear:
E-mail of the account holder, Greetings to you from the post of
Minister of Finance, Government of Togo, I was waiting for you to
contact me by e-mail for your CHECK publish your names approved in the
amount of 200 000 US dollars (two hundred and fifty thousand US
dollars)
that the compensation fund 150 members of the victims of scams found
in the list of scams IMF / United Nations, but I have not heard from
you all this time.We are on the way January 5, 2015 received a check
for approval of the account; 4944109967 fully leased here on our bank
Togolese COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY table Muhammad CLITON of the
International Monetary Fund for further delivery to you.
You should contact the Clinton Mohammed his email:
mohammedcliton1@gmail.com .... please send him the information that we
will use to get to the certificate of inheritance is as the intended
recipient of these funds, as directed.
Therefore, please complete the following details: Your full name: Your
home .......... Address: ........
Your mobile phone number: ............ Your Occupation: ........
Your email address: ........

Finally, your immediate response through my official email ID listed
below will be evaluated for safety reasons we will never stop working
on your behalf.
Sincerely
MARIAM LINDA
SECRETARY united nation.

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