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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: "MR. JOANS MARCELO" <joao@homesystem.com.br>
Reply-To: <jtony922@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:27:35 -0300
Subject: Immediate Release Of Your ($2.500.000.00)



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From The Desk of: Mr. Joans Marcelo.
Chairman of United Nations Board of Auditors,
Comptroller and Auditor General.

Very Urgent Attention:

Re: Immediate Release of your Accumulated Fund Interest.

Reference to your mail in which the contents have confirmed your
readiness to immediately finalize your approved transaction with us,
your information which have matched with what we have in our ABA
centralized system have been received and confirmed. we have proceed
with the process today which is in accordance with the recent mandate of
this new administration as we promised to discharge our duties
accordingly, very importantly you have to help us to serve you better by
putting behind you, your old and ugly past experience with selfish and
ungodly officials in the past while you face this new office with sound
mind and love to enable us complete your transaction.

I was made the Chairman of this office, so that transparency and
effectiveness in service will be guaranteed. so be rest assured of
receiving your fund, soonest you are ready to comply to payment
directives and please do not try to redirect us against the ethnic of
this office. The contents of your message were bold, clear and quit
understood, attached scan copy of your identity as the legal procedure
demands have been received, we have started the final documentations,
normalization and legalization of your documents for immediate issuance
of IMF Bill of Rights Certificate.

As a matter of facts and urgency which is in accordance with the
jointly signed instruction received from International Alert, US
Department of Treasury, World Bank Assisted Programmed and United Nation
on Citizens Fund Security, which was immediately acknowledged by the
management of this office. based on this facts, you are urgently advice
not to fail to adhere to the below mention directive because we have a
time limit to conclude this transaction while we notify our paying bank
to immediately carry out the transaction by immediately crediting a
Certified ATM Card for you while we report back to the authority
concerned.

Note that this legal payment procedure as reached signed and sealed by
the authorized bodies as mention above, you are to pay US$65.00 ( Sixty
five United States Dollars only) for normalization and legalization to
the country of fund origin as verified and certified and for immediate
issuance of IMF Bill of Right Certificate,

bear in mind that this is the only thing you have to do for immediate
delivery of your Certified ATM Card to your address as have reconfirmed
by you. The only thing pending the immediate finalization of your fund
is the receipt of the mention payment of (US$65.00) and this IMF Bill of
Right Certificate will supersede any injunction whatsoever until your
fund get to you, it is non-stop and 100% guaranteed, in alternative you
can contact the International Monetary Fund directly in the person with
the payment details for issuance of IMF Bill of Right Certificate its
normalization and legalization.

Here is the details where to address the payment of $65 usd for
issuance of the IMF Bill of Right Certificate.

Receivers Name: Eze Solomon
Address: 01 B.P. 196 Recette Principal, Cotonou-Benin
Country:Benin Republic
City: Cotonou
Test Question: In God
Answer: We Trust
Amount: 65 usd
MTCN__________

For immediate finalization, you are advice to urgently send the payment
since it is the only thing you have to do for immediate finalization of
your already approved fund. However, we will forward all the legal
documents to you for you to be rest assured that this payment is real,
legal and guaranteed and note that this is the only thing you have to
do, so please don’t fail to get back to us with the payment details
today or tomorrow unfailingly, remember the above offices will not be
held responsible for your inability to respond to this official
procedure because the above mentioned authority has given us this week
as mandate to conclude with this transaction and for your own good
interest you should keep this very confidential till you have access to
this fund.

Also be informed that the amount to be paid to you is US$2,500,000.00
(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only, Thanks
and have a blessed day while urgently waiting to hear from you, do feel
free to ask any question you want for we have here to guide you
accordingly till you confirm the good receipt of your fund.

Yours in service,

Mr. Joans Marcelo
Chairman of United Nations Board of Auditors.
Email: jtony922@gmail.com

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