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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Lagarde IMF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: < imonetaryfundimf@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:24:42 +0100
Subject: WHY DO YOU WANT THIS YEAR TO BE WASTED OUT OF NEGLIGENCE!!

 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IMF.
ADDRESS: 700 19TH STR, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20431
Email address: imonetaryfundimf@yahoo.com
Attention: ,
 
 
WHY DO YOU WANT THIS YEAR TO BE WASTED OUT OF NEGLIGENCE!!!.
 
 
I am Ms Christine Lagarde / Managing Director International Monetary Fund, IMF. WHY HAVE YOU ALLOWED YOUR PAYMENT TO BE FRUSTRATED BY MISCREANTS,I poured out my hearth while unveiling the mysteries behind your nightmares in this never-ending payment saga, particularly stressing on the illegal manner at which your agents submitted your Claims Payment File which has now been the Primary reason for your current predicaments.
 
I also educated you in so many aspects of your struggles and advised you on what to do in order to expedite the release of your fund. I expressly told you that you needed the right contacts/connections like when i saw your file on my desk i shed tears on what you have been going through in the past and an added support from the US Department Secretary Of The Treasury through the Justice Minister and The President Of The United States Of America, to enforce an Unconditional release of your fund. I expected your response going by the shocking revelations I made, but to my greatest surprise you threw my memo into your trash bin without giving any attentions to it.
 
Probably you thought your problems would have been solved by those confronting you with endless promises. My question now is Have you received any part of your rightful outstanding fund through your so called friends? The bitter truth is that your nightmare will never seize and you will again be wasting this entire year still pursuing shadows and languishing in agony if you should continue in the path you took previous months.Under the current messy state of your claim, you cannot receive a dime without the help of my office International Monetary Fund, IMF and the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.
 
We hereby wish you a wonderful and prosperous 1st quarter of 2013, but the extent you go on this your funds claim depends on your abilities in making right decisions. It could be worse if you again decide to go the path you went previous months. Anybody who embarks on a long journey should expect to encounter more difficulties. But why should you choose the long and more difficult path when there is a shorter route to the same success you have been desiring for?. Why have you allowed miscreants to frustrate life out of you?. Why have you allowed your finances to go down the drain right in your very own eyes?. How do you think it is possible for the IMF and the United Nations to pay your claim when it has never for once reflected on the national budget under the governments capital expenditure? Can that be possible in the United state?? I have several official documents to prove this to you and I can send them to your e-mail if you wish to see them. To genuinely get paid, your wrongly processed claim needs to
 
I have all it takes to get all these done but I know you will still be very skeptical going by all you have gone through in this whole exercise. I am only revealing some secrets to you and you must take them very seriously in order not to make further mistakes.
 
The sooner you realized that you need a skilled and highly connected Government Official to see you through this payment process, the better for you. Once more for me to reconfirm if you are the rightful owner of this fund i want you to provide the following information's to me so that i will check if what i have in the file is correct such as your full name and address, private telephone and fax line number amount you are expecting, age and occupation because all these i have it in your file but i want to be sure if i am dealing with the right person.
 
Your trying to get paid through one of the Banks in Africa would not be successful, Rather it will cost you more money, more difficulties and more embarrassments, This office is responsible for your payment not the FBI, CIA, Nor EFCC are responsible for your payment so be careful on whom you communicate with.
 
If you can listen to me, just STOP this your fruitless arrangements and get in touch with me so that we can use my office and some powerful connections to influence the release of the fund through the DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY system here. You probably have been given all kinds of propositions but I encourage you to give me the benefit of doubt and a chance to exhibit all I have been boasting of now. It would amaze you how your struggles and nightmares would end in less than 7 working days. Contact me IF YOU CARE: imonetaryfundimf@yahoo.com
 
You also have a choice to continue with your old friends and waste this entire year again with additional financial losses.
 
I HAVE JUST SPOKEN MY MIND BUT THE CHOICE TO LISTEN AND FOLLOW MY VERY SINCERE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALL YOURS.
 
In God we Trust
Sign,
Ms Christine Lagarde
International Monetary Fund, IMF, Managing Director.
Email address: imonetaryfundimf@yahoo.com
 

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