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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: "Dr. Peter Godwin" <cbodwell@highland.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: petergodwin1@web2mail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:07:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE-OUTSTANDING PAYMENT




Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),External Review
Committee on Debt Statistics Reconciliation Department And fund audit
Balance Debt IMF-World Bank Collaboration.

Chairman Committee of IMF/World Bank Contract And Inheritance Fund Payment
Notification From United Nations And West African States.
Dr.Peter Godwin.

Attn:Beneficiary,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GOVERNMENT AND UNITED NATIONS IMF/WORLD BANK
ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL HAS APPROVED THE PAYMENT OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND
VALUED OF US$20.500, 000.

These are the highlights of our annual meetings which ended in Istanbul
Turkey on Thursday 2010.We have been informed officially through the help
of our Intelligence
monitoring Network System that (MR. BRIGHT HOFFMAN) from Canada has
presented himself to claim your funds as your Next of Kin and we were also
informed that you died in an auto crash some weeks ago. (MR. BRIGHT
HOFFMAN) submitted an account information where he wants the money to be
transferred.

The account information is as follows:

Bank of Canada
A/c No: 890458984589.
Routing No: bl 275-79665.
Aba no: BL-ANAJFG-FL

Mr.Bright Hoffman has submitted this account information?s to the bank
office department for transfer of the fund to him as your inheritor.We are
now verifying by contacting your email address as we have in our Bank
records before we can make the transfer into his account and for us to
conclude confirmation if you are dead or not.

Please, confirm response immediately to the International Monetary Fund
Agency before our action release of the Outstanding payment against your
name listed out. Upon this, I request You send your full personal
information as soon as possible to enable this department finalize the
release of your fund to your nominated foreign Bank Account.

This department needs the following information?s from you urgently.

1, Full Names
2, Telephone or Fax Number
3, Contact Address
4, Age
5, Occupation
6, Sex
7,Account Details.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the
Individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information
that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under
applicable law.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf of International Monetary Fund
Agency towards this contact and proper confirmation required urgently from
you if alive.

Thank you,

Yours Sincerely
Dr Peter Godwin.
(Chairman (I.M.F).
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT.

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