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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=A2=D7=99=20=D7=97=D7=A8=D7=96=D7=99?= <roiharazi@walla.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:20:24 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=46=72=6F=6D=20=41=67=65=6E=74=20=4D=69=63=68=61=65=6C=20=52=6F=67=65=72=73?=


International Police
Monitoring Unit
IMF/World Bank
Anti- Fraud compensation scheme
Central London UK

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in conjunction with the World Bank has commenced on an Anti-Fraud compensation payment scheme following the incessant petitions and complains  from Fraud related victims . It is imperative to inform you that your name has been cleared for such compensation payment of US$2,500,000.00 which shall be made payable to you unconditionally via an ATM Debit card issued by the accredited paying bank in the United Kingdom.

We have previously tried to alert you via sms but we did receive claim request from Mr. Simon Archer of Chicago United states of America who claims to have received a power of attorney from you to issue the ATM debit card in his name . He has to this effect presented to us an un-endorsed document requesting that the ATM Debit be made to his name and sent to his address in the United States of America.

Please confirm to us immediately if you actually authorized Mr. Simon Archer to claim your Anti-Fraud compensation payment as your confirmation to us via email shall act as final authorization before we commence action on this payment process.

If on the other hand you never authorized such, Please inform us so that we can carry out severe decisive measures on this claim.

Yours Faithfully,

Agent Michael Rogers
International Police
London UK.


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