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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: "David Lipton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidlipton413@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:35:34 +0100
Subject: Hello

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS ( I.M.F.)

This is to notify you that we are now at the second quarter of the year 2012. The Board of Governors and Executive Board of IMF has unanimously approved all outstanding foreign debts owed to contractors, contract inheritance payments, lottery winners and beneficiaries whose payment have been pending.

After a meeting with the United Nations and World Bank in New York, based on the fraudulent activities going on at present, It was alarmed so that beneficiaries who have lost so much funds to various scams, syndicates operating all over the world. We have instructed the payment of all the scammed victims, contract inheritance payments, lottery winners and genuine contractors whose debts has been outstanding for a long time now ,through Sun Trust Bank under the funding assistance of the World Bank.

Note: out-of twenty selected beneficiaries approved for payment, your name and your contact address appeared in our file as one of the living beneficiary to receive US$8,5000,000.00 (Eight million Five hundred thousand united states dollars) via Telex Wire Transfer.

I wish to inform you that all matters relating to the release of all contract and inheritance funds are now under our control. This development has become necessary due to the activities of unpatriotic government officials and impostors who keep on frustrating every effort to settle beneficiaries.

Please provide the following for more information:

Your Full Name………………..
Your Direct Telephone Number………………..
Your Age/ Occupation………………..
Address...........................
On receipt of your information's to the Email address below it will be forwarded to the paying bank to commence the transfer.

David Lipton
First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Email: davidlipton413@yahoo.es
International Monetary Fund, 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431

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