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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: "Fredrick Taylor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredricktaylor723@yahoo.se>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 23:34:48 +0100
Subject: Re: Mr. James Hill Claims You Instructed Him To Clear Your fund!

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISIO
IMF/INTERPOL/UNITED NATION HEADQUARTERS
INTERPOL/IMF/UNITED NATION/NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT


Attention: Sir/Madam

The British Prime Minister in conjunction with U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, IMF and UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
do hereby give this irrevocable Order with Release Code No: GNC/3425/02/22 in your favor to enable the remittance of contract /
Inheritance entitlement payment with the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF).

Your Payment is classified as follows, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Approval No: UN5685P, Reference No. 35460021, Allocation
No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103 with World Bank Released
Code No: 0763.

In reference to the above information we have been informed officially through the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network such
as the FBI, CIA and the HOMELAND SECURITY, about Mr. James Hill from Canada, who presented himself to claim your funds as your
Next of Kin with the information that you died in an auto crash some weeks ago. He further submits account information where he
wants the money to be transferred. The account information is as follow: Bank of Lebanon A/C #: 890458984589.
Routing #: BL 275-79665, ABA #: BL-ANAJFG-FL. Beneficiary: Mr. James Hill

For our action on this matter therefore, you are requested to get back to us quickly to notify us if you are the person that sent this man
because he is ready to pay for your Fund Approval Slip as the only thing keeping your payment. Also, during our Investigation, it came to
our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled all the official requirements given to
you in respect of the release of your Payment. Also, you have been dealing with non officials of the bank, government and they have been
extorting money from you because have been going through the back doors in the chase of your payment.

Therefore, we have contacted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) office LAGOS on your behalf, your problem has been sorted out by
coordinating your payment in the total amount of $5.5 Million which will be paid to you but you will be expected to make your choice of
payment from the list of payment options as stated below:
(I) KEY TESTED TRANSFER (KTT). (II) PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD.
(III) DIPLOMATIC CASH DELIVERY. (IV) BANK DRAFT PAYMENT VIA ATM SMART CARD.

Since our Intelligence Monitoring Network headed by the (INTERPOL) has stepped into this transaction, you are rest assured that this transaction
is legitimate and completely risk-free as it is our duty to protect and Serve all the payment beneficiaries and our citizens of the United States of America.
We have confirmed that the amount required to procure the said Approval Slip Certificate /Proof of Beneficiary documents and Affidavit is ? $500 only
and the fee should be paid directly to the payment officer as indicated below.

Name: Kenneth Anene (IMF)
Address: plot 2 IMF House Lagos Nigeria
Question: good
Answer: good


Kindly furnish us with your Full Name: Address: City: State: Zip Code: Direct Phone Number: Current Occupation:
You are hereby authorized and guaranteed by the united nation office to commence action towards completing this transaction, as there shall be
NO delay once payment for the Approval Slip Certificate has been made to the International Monetary Fund authorized agent as directed.

Fredrick Taylor (Head Operation)
(INTERPOL) Secretary General.
Email: fredricktaylor723@yahoo.se
Cell:234 7031958504-3
Mob: 234 7031984936-4

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