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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" <safetraliagency.md@gmail.com>
Reply-To: co-operative-bank@qualityservice.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 22:59:31 +0800
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL ALERT



The IMF monitoring network wish to inform you that the transaction transfer
attempt failed because the Africa correspondents are incompetent,therefore
funds was diverted (awarded) to Co-operative Bank United Kingdom. Contact them
with the info below:Mike Walker Phone: +44704 573 3692
E-mail:(co-operative-bank@qualityservice.com)identify yourself with this
code(CO90991031)

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