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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: "Mrs. Houmani Marwan" <houmanig2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:47:50 +0100
Subject: To Kind Attention,


To Kind Attention,
(Respectful)
Response through our private email address ( houmanig1@gmail.com )

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 have it 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 apologies 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 center 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. +4470240532183
CONGRATULATIONS.

Dr. Tijani Maluo
Response through our private email address ( houmanig1@gmail.com )
(Overseas International Monitoring Unit)
Marylebone-United Kingdom London
Adress 103-109 Lavender Hill Battersea London SW11 10

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