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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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Fraud email example:

From: "info@mutiararentas.com.my" <info@mutiararentas.com.my>
Reply-To: grantdab8@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 07:30:34 +0800
Subject: IMF European/African Program Assistance Center London UK.



2INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
IMF HEADQUARTERS 2 (HQ2)
24 Brunswick Square
Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HW,
London, UK
Emails:grantdan8@gmail.com

Our Ref:- IMF/LUK/EBP/3290/21

RE: IMF IRREVOCABLE INSTRUCTION ON YOUR PROTRACTED PAYMENT

Attn: Approved Beneficiary:

Payment File Ref: IMF/CB/GH-0932

We as the global financial watchdog do observe and disrupt illegal
transfers and terrorist

finance networks all over the world. Base on the financial system that
exists today, our

operation has involved a wider variety of financial surveillance
investigating and targeting

a wide variety of financial systems that may be used by terrorists to raise
and move funds

globally. The sheer volume of capital transfers that regularly take place
daily, (more than

a trillion US Dollars a day) made tracing of terrorist funds an exquisitely
difficult task.

Legitimate daily financial transfers are the bedrock of what we know as
globalization. Our

surveillance has unveiled several systems including illegal enterprises
(such as fraud

schemes and illegal remittance networks) , legitimate enterprises (such as
businesses being

used to co-mingle illicit funds with legitimate funds) and charity/relief
organizations (in

which donations may be diverted to terrorist groups).

In conjunction with United States Intelligence Agency, Investigative Arm of
World Bank,

Economic Police and Financial Action Task Force, one of the tools that were
instructed to us

to apply and prevent terrorism is to ascertain the source of fund, the fund
origin as

genuine and legitimate before final remittance. Our sixty (60) days
intensive surveillance

paid off last two weekends with the discovery of funds stashed away in a
bank in Europe

(name withheld) by the officials of African Government in charge of foreign
payments. The

funds which run into billions of dollars are meant for foreign
beneficiaries. However, the

said fund/account has been frozen since then for proper scrutiny. I am
happy to inform you

that this morning we received the nod of concerned global financial
agencies to defreeze the

account and use the funds to offset all due approved entitlements of which
your fund has

been listed as one of the approved payments to be released though we were !
directed to

verify all due payment

In view of the above, you are directed to send your full personal and
payment information.

Above all, it is very important to inform you at this point that the
release of the payment

is solely by direct bank transfer (bank to bank) . Once we receive your
full information as

requested and your direct bank account where you want the funds to be
transferred after

vetting, we will instruct the bank to effect the release of your payment
with immediate

effect.

We are expecting your response and looking forward to receive the
information as requested

above.

Yours Truly,
Grant Daniel.
Director General Economic Budget & Planning
IMF European/African Program Assistance Center London UK.
Email:grantdan8@gmail.com
N/B: This message is strictly for the addressee, no third party
representation or

disclosures


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