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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: "HM Treasury Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david_king1@gala.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 17:38:26 -0700
Subject: Very Urgent

WORLD INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS
Important News
From: HM Treasury Department –Finance
Head Quarters, United Kingdom

The head of the International Monetary Fund has investigated a Fund with your, which has been on transfer process for many years ago but you never receive it. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF, said that all the entire investigation Funds around the World should be paid to the owners within the next 8 working days

Its chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, also indicated that both central banks and governments, during the second quarter of the general Financial Auditing in the head of the International Monetary Fund has investigated at the tune of, £2 000 000.00, TWO MILLION BRITISH POUNDS with your name, which have to be paid to you through bank to bank transfer direct into your bank account. And it has been understood by our investigation teams that this funds was acquired by you as a result of the initial inheritance of funds, which your partner was supposed to remit in your bank account from here in London since past years ago, but you have not received this money due to the fact that the HM Treasury Service Department demanded for their Inland Revenue Tax. But now the Government has removed this Inland Revenue Tax from your transfer, now you don’t have to make such payment during your payment any longer, but there is some documents you need to obtain before the funds will release to!
you.

After auditing, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, decided that all the entire investigation and returned funds should be paid to the owners within the next 8 working days, and this decision was taking by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF with (Office of the HM Treasury), and at the present your fund is in escrow account by Bank of England, waiting.

For your full identification and completion of your payment, if you are willing to claim the fund, you are required to contact, the Correspondence & Enquiry Unit Corporation with your full information as stated below:

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

FULL NAMES:........................................
ADDRESS:.............................................
AGE OR DATE OF BIRTH:.......................
OCCUPATION:.......................................
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:...........................
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:.......................
PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:..................

Note that the Department of Finance has ordered and assigned our accredited Correspondence & Enquiry Unit Corporation London to carry out this payment to you; therefore you should urgently contact them on the following details;

The Correspondence & Enquiry Unit
3 Horse Guards Road
London, United Kingdom

Name: David King
Tell: Tel: +44 731690631
Alternative E-mail: david_king1@gala.net
PAYOUT AMOUNT: £2 000 000 00
IN WORDS: (TWO MILLION BRITISH POUNDS)

Please contact the above person and request them to give you more information on how to proceed and receiving of the fund.

As soon as the Correspondence & Enquiry Unit Corporation London confirm to us that you have contacted with them, the Department of Finance will authorize your payment with immediate effect.

Waiting for your further proceedings,

Regards,
Information Ministry
HM Treasury Department –Finance
Head Quarters, United Kingdom



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