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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: "Mrs. Helen Blanchard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bankofafricabeninrep5@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:35:04 -0800
Subject: Attn Beneficiary,

Attn Beneficiary,

We the International Monetary Fund (IMF) European cooperate Office have received all the overdue outstanding payments owed to the following: firms, contractors, inheritance next of kin and lottery beneficiaries that was originated from Africa, Europe, Americans, Asia including Middle East. Among the list are individuals and companies that their unpaid funds have been located to our authorized official paying outlet,

Your name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part payment of USD1,500,000.00 and has been approved already as concluded by the (IMF) Chapter based on the agreement reached by the European Union and the World Bank Audit Unit and United Nations Policy Maker Unit under World Bank payment constitution and the World Economic Development Forum Annual Meeting held in Spain and Burkina-Faso to erase debt of up to USD3.5billion owed by African banks and other several international banks world wide as it has been backed by one of the main international lenders IMF (International Monetary Fund) through Debt Relief and Settlement Package.

We have appointed Bank of Africa to handle the payment programme therefore contact Bank Of Africa Benin via information listed below;

Contact Person: Boni Sankara
Email: bankofafricabeninrep5@gmail.com
Tel: +229 68 450422

Please contact Bank Of Africa with your personal information such as Full Name/Address/City/State/Zip Code/Home and Mobile Phone number and your country.

Regard,
Mrs. Helen Blanchard
IMF West Africa

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