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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: "Jacob J. Lew" <pastorjohnmark1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imfoffice778@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:41:04 -0700
Subject: US. DEPARTEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MONITARY FUNDS IMF

US. DEPARTEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MONITARY FUNDS IMF

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

FEDERALCAPITALTERRITORY (F.C.T.)

Address: 1028 S. Park LaneAltus, Oklahoma .73521

Contact: imfoffice778@yahoo.com

Good day and happy weekend to you.

I hope this mail finds you in good spirit and in good health? Because
I am quite aware of your losses in the past years now, it may surprise
you that I am also aware of your consignment boxes pursuit in Benin
Ghana Togo Nigeria Spain France Malaysia Indonesia china and Korea .my
name is Mr. Jacob J. Lew, the secretary of USA department of
International Monetary Funds IMF of America, am in charge to monitored

all foreign transactions in Africa Europe and Asia. I have been in the
U.S International

Monetary Funds IMF USA now since the government of president barrack
Obama, monitoring the various transactions going on in Africa, Europe
and Asia, most especially

Consignments cases and bank transfer. I do not intend to spoil your
day or to put you under duress.

But you can not receive any of your consignments boxes pursuit,
without a clearance from the u.s International Monetary Funds IMF.
However, upon my arrival in Benin republic after series of meetings
with our president barracks obama and united nations secretary general
ban ki-moon, due to numerous complains from other security agencies
from Africa Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, south America and the
united states of American respectively, against the Benin government
and Nigeria over the rate of scam/fraudulent activities going on in
this country and Africa.

When I arrive in the Benin parliament in Cotonou, I found your
consignment box clearance file lying on the foreign affair office desk
without any attention on a thorough scrutiny I discovered that your
consignment have been abandoned by your delivery agent. Meanwhile, I
was made to understand that they have tried to reach you, but no way

And they have made several attempts to contact your delivery agent but
to no avail.

To my greatest surprise, during my recent routine re-checking, I
personally discovered that your consignment content declaration
documents stated that your consignment contains personal effects
meanwhile, it contains United States dollar bills worth over
us$35million dollars, which made it impossible for the consignment to
be delivered to you earlier before now.

Based on this personal discovery, i am contacting you now to let you
know that with my position and power as the secretary of u.s
International Monetary Funds, I can assist you to legally clear your
consignment fund, but you must agree with the following conditions.

Because i have called our office in Washington, dc from Benin, who has
been intercepting all your telephone calls, with the help of mtn, tigo
Vodafone and airtel network Benin which is 0022996588028
I also received some information from our International Monetary Funds

IMF office in Benin republic, about your emails, that you have been
dealing and sending money to peoples in Benin Ghana South Africa Togo
Benin and Nigeria, who claims to be the western union directors. You
are also dealing with banks, and other names which i am still waiting
to be forwarded to me from our office in Washington, dc. Who have
monitored all your dealings with these hoodlums.

You are advice to hence fort stop further dealings with all the above
mentioned people, until we complete our investigation. Because you're
dealing with them is termed as illegal transaction.

I wish to inform you that we the International Monetary Funds is on
look out for the entire above mentioned names, mostly those who claims
to be the directors of West African debt western union and money gram
and property recovery Benin. All this mentioned people are impostor,
and we intend to apprehend them soon.

I want you to please stop communicating, and dealing with them until
we complete our investigation. I wish to notify you about the latest
development concerning your box of consignment that was handle over to
me after the meeting held between me and some of the top parliament
members of Benin and the foreign affair Minster in the Benin capital

Headquarters cotonou, due to the delay for you not have received your
consignment box for long time now.

Accordingly, we have waived away all your consignment box clearance
fees and authorized the government of Benin republic to allow me fly
with this your approved consignment box to you without any delay which
they have agreed. The only fee you will pay to confirm your
consignment box received in your possession is the weight fee of your
consignment box which is sum of $59.00 only.

In order words your box is with me now and I shall be coming to your
country as soon as i hear from you and i will be coming along with
your box of consignment, but remember that as the secretary of the
department of International Monetary Funds IMF united states of
America, i am a us government security agent and i have the power to
go through any airports customs without inspecting what I carry along.

And as soon as i arrive in your state I will give you a phone call for
you to give me direction to your home address so that we can meet face
to face and hand over your box to you before proceeding back to the
states. So I want you to re-confirm to me the below information for
proper understanding by filling the attach International MonetaryFunds
registration form.

Beneficiary name:
Address:
Tel phone:
Occupation:
Country:
Sex:

As soon as I arrive I shall call you on your telephone number then
meet you in person and hand over your consignment box to you before I
return back to Washington dc.

I have taken this assignment upon myself because i understand that you
have really paid so much on the cost of delivery, but nothing was
received by you. So be advice to contact me immediately you get this
email now because every thing has been done ok. This is directly from
our president barrack obama.

Once you send the money, try to notify me with the mtcn for easy pick
up and for immediate action on the delivery of your consignment box,
for you to receive your inherited funds without any further delay
again. Since you were unable to receive it since.

Send the fee via western union transfer or MONEY GRAM transfer.

Receiver's name........... Austine Anakwe

Country:......................... Republic of Benin

City:................................ Cotonou

Amount:.......................... $59.00

Question:........................ God bless

Answer:.......................... Us

Mtcn:..............................

Sender's name:...............

Sender's address:...........

As soon as you send the fee make sure you send me the payment
information. Once you send the money, try to notify me with the mtcn
for confirmation and for immediate action on the handling over of your
fund to you. Also you are to forward to us any mail that you have been
receiving from people for proper verification and investigation before
you deal with them okay.

I have a very limited time to stay here so I would like you to
urgently respond to this message with the payment, my dear, this is
the opportunity for you and have to comply and your box shall be
delivering to your designated address. But remember that after (3
days) you did not make the payment then I will divert your funds to us
government fund or Benin government treasury Please treat this as
matter of urgency.

Sincerely yours,

Jacob J. Lew

I.M.F. (International Monetary Funds.

Address: 1028 S. Park LaneAltus, Oklahoma .73521

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