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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: "MoneyGram INTL" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:43:56 +0100
Subject: THE NEW FINANCIAL REGULATION

ATTENTION PLEASE,

We want to inform you about your payment which is to be made via MoneyGram
INTERNATIONAL.

The INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (I.M.F) contacted us with an instruction to clear
all the payment of:

1)LONG DUE INHERITANCE FUND..
2)CONTRACT INHERITANCE FUND..
3)SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION..
4)CONTRACT PAYMENT..

They have been monitoring the mails that you have been sending to some Internet scammers
claiming to be the:

1)GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA..
2)MINISTER OF FINANCE.
3)A HEAD OF A COMMERCIAL BANK IN NIGERIA.
4)E.F.C.C. CHAIRMAN.


We are been directed to make your payment to you without delay, so we require from you the
following information's for us to be able to proceed with the transfer of your fund as been
instructed by the (I.M.F).

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
MOBILE PHONE:
AGE:

You are required to send your information's to
EMAILS:
SIFY MAIL: moneygramnigeria@sify.com
HOTMAIL: moneygramnigeria@live.co.uk

As soon as this information is received, and you have complied with the requirements of
payment of the MoneyGram charges,we will start preparing your new file,and payment will
be made to your nominated bank account or at the counter directly
from the MoneyGram Transferring Bank. When emailing, please use reference number
533-777 for our mutual convenience.

THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT OF MoneyGram INTERNATIONAL, NIGERIAN BRANCH.
Sincerely,
NOAH ODILI

MoneyGram

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