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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 Monetary Fund (IMF)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <markegobia01@email.bg>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:57:53 -0000
Subject: Second Letter / Final Notice

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission
Wuse Zone 5, Garki
Abuja - Nigeria
EMAIL: info@imf-nig.com
TEL:009-234-709-257-2516? 009-234-802-147-7633
Fax: 009-234-144-9937
2nd Feb, 2011
Attention,

My name is Dr. Mark Egobia from International Monetary Fund (IMF) Outstanding Remittance, Nigeria. I'm directed to contact you by the establishment to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Mr. Kennedy Franklin who claim to be your
business associate. The said Mr. Kennedy Franklin is claiming to us that you are dead and he will like to change all the Information that you gave to us as our bona fide beneficiary.
Below is the new banking information were he wish to have this funds transferred to:-

Bank of America
Address: 6901 Northwest Expressway Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
Phone: 405-773-1683 Fax: 405-722-6005
ABA: 103000017 (all other)
ABA: 026009593 (International)
ACCT. #:003042656833
ACCT Name: FMS Investments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy

This development is coming now that the institution want to offset all your outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries. around the world in which your payment file was affected. As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a
total sum of $3.5million U.S Dollars.
We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mr. Kennedy Franklin is correct. You are to contact me through my
email address or with the phone number above as soon as you receive this message so as to know the true position of things with you so that we would not make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person's account.
Your swift response will help this ministry a lot. Do email me with your full names and direct phone number for an easy communication, your age and occupation to this effect.

Your Full Names:-------------------------
Address:..................................
Phone number:.............................

Yours Faithfully

Dr. Mark Egobia
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Outstanding Remittance.
Abuja.

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