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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: "JOHN JOEL" <johnjoel1@ig.com.br>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:07:41 +0200
Subject: YOUR URGENT CONFIRMATION IS HIGHLY NEEDED FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT.


* [image: International Monetary
Fund]<http://www.imf.org/external/>

** Attn: Beneficiary,*
*Good day, I saw your name (in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid
contractors, inherited funds as next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that
originated from Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle east and America ). Your name
appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part-payment of ($10.800
million), Ten million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars and has
been approved already. You are requested to get back to me for more
direction and instruction on how to receive your funds.

However, we received an email from one Mr. Robert Walter who told us that he
is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week. He has
also submitted his account for us to transfer the funds to him. Dr Robert
Walter's account co-ordinate is as stated below;

Bank of Lebanon
A/c no: 890458984589
Routing No: bl 275-79665
Aba no: BL-ANAJFG-FL
Ben: Dr Robert Water
*
*We want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if his
claim of you being dead is true or not. I, on behalf of the IMF
(International Monetary Fund) apologizes for the failure to pay your funds
in due time which according to records in the system is long overdue.
*
*Please, reply through the system operartor, Shailendra J.
Anjaria, on email:* *shailendraimf@yahoo.co.uk** *
**
*Yours Sincerely,
*
*Mr. Shailendra J. Anjaria.*
*On Behalf Of**
Mr. Dominique Strauss Kahn*,*Managing Director, IMF *
*http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/rrf.htm*<http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/rrf.htm>

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