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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: IMF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCER <impublicfannouncer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: IMF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCER <jona1unu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:00:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: IMF NOTICE


 IMF NOTICE,

We officially write to confirm the payment instruction of unclaimed fund with reference number USD788765 from The INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) in conjunction with UNITED NATIONS and the Foreign Exchange Transfer Department of UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA), OFFICE CHECK YOUR NAME ON THIS WEBSITE: http://www.locatecash.com / http://www.unclaimedmoney.com for confirmation of the instruction from the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) in conjunction with UNITED NATIONS and your contract fund is as follows:

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) has decided to bring to your attention, that you were listed as a beneficiary in the recent schedule for payment of outstanding IMF

Compensation Program pending since 2000-2014. According to your file record with your Email ID and Ref code 2. (IMFDUS3WXXX) your payment is categorized as:-Unpaid Compensation Funds.

We are making this publication to inform you the beneficiary with the indicated Ref. code above that US$5,000,000.00 five million united state dollars has been awarded to your email with the above Ref. Code No. As it was commanded by The IMF Director (Mrs Christine Lagarde). You are therefore required to get back to us for further directives:

The total of US$5,000,000.00 have been confirmed for final payment in your name from UBA Burkina Faso, by VISA/MASTER ATM CARD which the fund will be credited into for final dispatch to any of your given home/office address (s) in your country via Chronopost post delivery service or DHL.

The total fund will be credited into a VISA/MASTER ATM CARD in your name which the ATM CARD will be sent to you via Chronopost post delivery service or DHL including the pin code to enable you withdraw the cash money from any ATM machine in your city, country or any part of the world. Therefore, your personal details are highly needed for proper identification, to enable the dispatch of your VISA/MASTER ATM CARD.

Full name:………………………………………………………………….
Age:………………………………………………………………………….
Home address:……………………………………………………………….
Occupation:…………………………………………………………………
Nationality:…………………………………………………………………
Mobile number:…………………………………………………………….
Fax number:……………………………………………………………….
Next of kin:…………………………………………………………………
ID or passport copy by attachment:………………………………………

You are advised to contact unclaimed fund agent

Name: Dr. Jonathan Nunu,
Reply-to e-mail: jona1unu@gmail.com

Note: you must contact the unclaimed fund agent to direct you on the next step for your fund claiming, we are happy to serve you, mail us for more details

Thank You and your swift response will be to your utmost advantage.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Celina Audrey Gomez.
IMF Public Service Announcer.
ASIA&#x2F; MIDDLE EAST&#x2F; &#x2F; AFRICA REGION.

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