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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: "Mr. Alexis Rollins" <alexisrollins233@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: alexisrollins290@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:36:50 -0000
Subject: UNCLAIMED FUND NOTIFICATION




UNCLAIMED FUND NOTIFICATION

I am Mr. Alexis Rollins of the newly inaugurated Fund Management Bureau
(FMB) by the United Nation and International Monetary Fund (IMF). My
agency has the mandate to recover unpaid debts associated with NNPC
contracts, Lottery fund, inheritance fund, loans and grants etc and to
ensure that the approved beneficiaries receive the fund as approved in
their favors.

In the course of our assignment, we discovered that the total sum of Seven
Million Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($7.3M) approved in
your favor with Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68 and Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
by the UN/IMF is still unclaimed.

With our mandate and the resolution reached, my agency have completed
arrangement to have this fund paid to you at your specified address or by
di
John Cole: or by diplomatic cash delivery/cash payment via the paying Bank
Federal Reserve Bank United States of America by any means suitable to
you. To ensure that the fund is paid to you as approved and attached to
your email address, you are required to reconfirm your Particulars to
ensure accuracy in the fund release.

Make sure that you include your Cell phone# for the attention of the
paying office. You are to contact our Off Shore paying Center with all
your Particulars including your direct cell Phone Number

Name: Mr. Fredrick Thomas
E-mail: mrfredrickthomasunitdept200@email.com

Regards,
Mr. Alexis Rollins
From: Fund Management Bureau

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