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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: Mrs francine brown <rbeans77@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Mrs francine brown <MONEY.WIRE.TRANSFE@foxmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:37:11 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: USD $5000 PAYMENT WE SENT TODAY TO PICK UP


 Read carefully,

The (IMF) International Monetary Fund Bouns is compensating all the scam victims $2,700,000 USD each,and your email address was found in the scam victim's list to Bouns compensation.This Money gram office has been mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via money gram Transfer.email (( MONEY.WIRE.TRANSFE@foxmail.com ))

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we did not hear from you,this was the instruction given to us by the IMF,

Call Rev Tony Mike +22968721040 immediately you get this mail to enable him speed up your payment immediately to released $5000 Usd Reference to you and pick up the first payment.

Receiver name:-________
Address:-__________
Country:-____________
Phone number:-_____________

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we did not hear from you,this was the instruction given to us by the IMF email (( money.wire.transfe@foxmail.com  ))

Thanks,
Mrs francine brown

USD $5000 PAYMENT WE SENT TODAY TO PICK UP

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