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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 Payments Summit (IPS)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daniel@auditores.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:55:12 -0600
Subject: You Can Claim Your Money

This mail was sent to you with respect to the resolution that was reached by the International Payment Summit (IPS) meeting in 2009 concerning the outstanding payment yet to be made to beneficiaries. The board through its research team finds out that many Banks are in possession of unclaimed money. Most of the unclaimed funds are as a result of some difficulties with Government entities and other monitoring bodies in getting their payment to them and misinformation from their agents.

It was then concluded that 500,000 Pound Sterling should be made available to every beneficiaries after due verification and clarification by the nominated paying banks here in United Kingdom.

This procedure as laid down by IPS has enable lots of claimant in getting their payment and I will advice you also seize the opportunity while it last. Endeavour to acquaint me with the following information as stated below through (daniel@auditores.com) for immediate processing.

Full Name:
Address:
Tel. /Fax Numbers:
Country of Resident:

You can reach me directly for further information with respect to the aforementioned through +447024036606.


Daniel Stephenson
International Payment Summit
Tel: +447024036606
Email: daniel@auditores.com


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