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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 FUNDS (IMF)" <yogita.smh@objectinfo.com>
Reply-To:
"INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF)" <internationalmonetaryfunds7760@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 03:23:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF)


(I.M.F) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
9 Hon. Justice Mohammed Bello St.
Tel:+234-8116241997
REF:-XVGNN82010
Email: internationalmonetaryfunds7760@gmail.com

Attention; Fund Beneficiary,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be
of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been
experiencing in getting your long over due payment, due to excessive
demand of money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier
Companies of which your fund remain unpaid to you.

I am Mr James O Leary, a highly placed official of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have
reached our office by so many correspondence on the uneasy way people
like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/ Diplomat
across United State USA,Europe to Africa and Asia /London UK. We have
decided to put a stop to that, and that is why I was appointed to
handle your transaction here in London UK.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental , NGOs, Finance Companies,Banks,
Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact
with you of late have been instructed to back off from your
transaction and you have been advised not to respond to them anymore
since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in charge
of your payment.

Your name appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that
will receive their funds in this quarter payment of the year because
we only transfer fund twice in a year according to our banking
regulation. We apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop
communicating with any office now and attention to our office payment
accordingly.

Now your new Payment, United nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House
Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35461921,

Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your
Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103,

Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation
No:-1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Your part payment inheritance fund is 4.1 Million euro. Having
received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now
to received and confirm your payment with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) African Region immediately within the next 168hrs. We
assure you that your payment will get to you as long as you follow my
directives and instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, The
Reference No:(35461921). Please, any time you receive a mail with the
name Mr James O Leary/, check if there is Reference No: (35461921) if
the code is not written, please delete the massage from your box!

You are hereby advised not to remit further payment to any
institutions in respect to your transaction as your fund will be
transferred to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear.

Any action contrary to this instruction is at your own risk.
Respond to this e-mail on ( internationalmonetaryfunds7760@gmail.com)
with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how
your fund will be released.
Also call us as soon as you send the email (+234-81162-41997)

will be given an immediate response: Direct Hot-line: Call:(+234-81162-41997)
Fund will be transferred to you via Central bank

Regards,
Mr James O Leary/ (I.M.F).

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF)

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