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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: "Peter Breuer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diplomaticrepresentative@im-f.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 14:17:36 -0400
Subject: From Resident Representative of IMF

From The Desk of:
Mr.Peter Breuer
Resident Representative
of the International Monetary Fund
United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland,Office London.

Your Urgent Attention,

My name is Mr.Peter Breuer The Resident Representative
of the International Monetary Fund United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland Office, London, It has come to my personal notice that so many people has used my name to intimidate and scam people for no just course and kindly be informed that i have never contacted you for any reason and whoever have been in contact with you is not from this office and i will advise you to stop further communication immediately and follow the below instructions that was approved today after meeting with the British Government stake holders.


However, following the resolution of the close door meeting held with United nations,world bank,Interpol,USA Government with world financial stake holders,G20 with the international monetary Fund(IMF) today an agreement was reached that the sum of $1M US must be paid out to you in the form of a compensation for all the years you have wasted in waiting for your funds to be released. Hence, the $1M US compensation fund has been instructed to be paid out to you in the form of VISA CARD . The said VISA CARD will be received from the bank and packaged inside a IMF approved Official Envelope to be sent to you via Postal Mail at no cost to your mailing address.

And the time frame for delivery is 48 hours, which is 2 days since it would be sent via a Postal Mail Service. Meanwhile, a "Custom I.R.S" must be obtained from the British Customs Authority at a fee of £150.00 for a full clearance certification on the VISA CARD .

Hence, the £150.00 British Pounds fee must be paid within 24 hours upon your receipt of this notification via Money Gram, so that all necessary arrangement can be made ahead of time.

Make sure you re-confirm your full information as fellow

YOUR FULL NAME:----------
YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER:----------
HOME ADDRESS AND CITY:------ ---------
SEX/OCCUPATION:-------------------
AGE:--------------------------

The fee should be sent directly to the "IMF Protocol Officer" with the below information:

Name:Johnson Austin,
Country - London,UK
question: Present Year
answer: 2013
Amount: £150.00

Please take note that the "I.R.S" and the VISA CARD will be packaged together inside the IMF Official Envelope for immediate dispatch to your mailing address. Hence, you are advised to comply as requested to enable me discharge my official duty and make delivery of the loaded card to your home accordingly.


Congratulations!!!


Yours in service,

Peter Breuer
Resident Representative in UK/Ireland

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