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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: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)," <enquiriesmonetaryfund@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:29:35 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION'S!!!! YOUR PENDING FUND {US$15,500.000.00} HAS BEEN
APPROVED.




INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),
700 19th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20431
Ref Swift: IMFDUS3W2013

FASN: OSB/629578/NIG/GFS63G

Dear Sir/Ma,

While I.M.F serving almost all the countries of the world, we’re obligated to

comply with both Domestic and International Financial Laws, which requires
us to

verify your identity prior to sending or receiving wire transfer to or fro

nations. Please understand that this procedure is crucial for preventing
financing

terrorism and organized crime throughout the world. Today the Global
Financial

Stability Report, a quarterly publication launched to review a regular
assessment

of global Pending Foreign Payments, reviewed that your contract/inherance
fund US

$15,500.000.00 which was seized and confiscated on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
by the

Global Illicit Financial Team as it was tagged suspicious fund transfer
was proven

to be a legal fund, free from any illegal business and civil, criminal, or

financial crime.

In view to the verification process and survey in the Joint Annual
Meetings of the

Boards of Governors of the IMF, the World Bank and other key International

Financial Intelligence Agencies, it has been showed that you have fully
complied

with the International statutory provision for payment of Huge Funds under
Article

102, section 36, SS 1a-2b of the 2012 International Financial and Allied
Matters

Act. Prior to this effect, an irrevocable fund transfer authorization
letter has

bee sent to the remitting bank "Chartered Standard Bank Plc" to commence
with the

fund transfer as appropriate to you as the beneficiaries at no cost with Fund

Allocation Approval Serial Number: OSB/629578/NIG/GFS63G.

With all due respect Sir/Ma, we apologize for the inconveniences and pains
this

delay might have caused you and note that your fund US$15,500,000.00 {Fifteen

Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars} shall be release to you at no cost.
Kindly

contact; Mr. Richard Medding, the Group Finance Director of Chartered
Standard

Bank Plc, Email: {enquiriesstandardcharteredgroups@outlook.com} with your
Fund

Allocation Approval Serial Number: OSB/629578/NIG/GFS63G, as your fund
transfer

order has been forward to their bank and you are only required to
re-confirm the

following; 1) Full Name:.....2) Contact Address:.... 3) Tel:... for
verification

reasons only. Any hesitation or procrastination in following up as advised

herewith might endanger the transfer of your fund US$15,500,000.00 into your

designated Bank account within three Bank working days. Thanks and

congratulations.

Faithfully;
cc: James Roaf,
Senior Regional Representative (I.M.F).
Cc: Christine Lagarde
Managing Director (I.M.F).
Cc: Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman, Federal Reserve Board System,
cc: Mr. Richard Medding,
the Group Finance Director,
Chartered Standard Bank Plc
Email: enquiriesstandardcharteredgroups@outlook.com

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