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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: aidris@petrodar.com
Reply-To: imf.org@excite.co.uk
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:23:33 -0700
Subject: IMF - NOTIFICATION




Attn Dear;


We wish to inform you from our office that after thorough review of your Inheritance/Contract funds transfer release documents in conjunction with the World Bank committee on financial and assessment report, your long due payment was approved to be paid to you in part payment of US$3,650,000.00 to your designated bank account from their offshore account.

The audit reports shows that you have been working towards the release of your funds, which has been unduly delayed. We therefore advice that you stop further communication or correspondence with any other bank or financial institution regarding this fund release since the actual payment has official been approved to be paid to you without further delay.

For further details and assistance on this Remittance Notification, you are advised to contact the authorized paying bank for further directives on the transfer via below contact details:

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Mr. Clemente Nelson
Head of International Banking Department
Barclays Bank - United Kingdom.
Direct Tel: +44-7024021029
+44-7024076068
Direct Fax: +44-8435240527
E-mail: bclaysbnk.uk@live.com

Do not hesitate to keep us posted as soon as you proceed for the release.

Yours Sincerely,

Jose Vinals
Financial and Monetary Department
IMF
www.imf.org

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