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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: metsesibanyoni@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:01:33 +0000
Subject:

‪
From The Desk of  Larie Vander
Mobile Draw Result
PO Box 86,
 Liverpool L16 9LB- United Kingdom
Tel: 
+447924510876 
Attn: Dear Winner
 
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Two Million Five  Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (£2,500,000. 00) only for this month prize promotion which is organized by International Monetary Fund’s (IMF), WORLD BANK in conjunction with United Nation Relief Effort through collective mobile/emails of the people that are active with their phone/email account in your country, amongst the millions subscribers, IMF Draw select one million active users as part of their Award Promotion but only to those residing outside the United Kingdom. One person is selected monthly to benefit from this relief effort programmed and you are the Selected Winner.
 
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
 
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) award must be claimed within the stipulated time frame from date of Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and below are your identification numbers:
 
BATCH NUMBER: IMFWLDBK-HK/JFH40/BT-1341
REFERENCE NUMBER: N/DE3431/VL88/721
PIN: SW26321
 
These numbers fall within the United Kingdom Location file, you are requested to contact our  agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him; below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you're required Particulars.
 
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
 
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS
STATE: ___
PHONE:/FAX_
CELL NUMBER_
COUNTRY__
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY__
You are required to fill and submit the above particulars as soon as possible for immediate processing of your prize claim
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Yours in service,
 Larie Vander
Tel: 
+447924510876----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar message from people portraying to be other Organizations through Cell phone or Email Draw. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any thing similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your cellphone/ email account and give no further correspondence to such person or body. IMF organizing committee shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
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