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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: "I.M.F" <info@imf.net>
Reply-To: davidlipton413@yahoo.es
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:56:35 +0100 (BST)
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 it will be forwarded to the paying bank
to commence the transfer.

David Lipton
First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
International Monetary Fund, 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431

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