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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: FBI AGENT <masa4haru22chance2007@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: FBI AGENT <davis02@blumail.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:21:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From: Federal Bureau of Investigation


From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dept: Anti-Terrorist & Monetary Crimes Division
Office: Washington, D.C. Headquarters
Address: J. Edgar Hoover Building 93 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001


This Is For Your Urgent Attention.


RE:. YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF USD1, 500,000.00

Based
on the present anti-fraud/scam war, the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Anti-Fraud Teams in Collaboration with the World Bank are making
sure that Financial Fraud is Completely wiped out The. Internet Service
Providers have noticed an increased email traffic hence the action of
the security operatives to restrict cyber-crime.

In this regard,
One hundred and six (106) bank and government officials have been
arrested in so many countries so far and arrest is still going on. We
have recovered the total sum of US$ 2.5 Billion from them in both cash
and assets confirmed to have come from their victims and foreign
beneficiaries' of both contract funds, inheritance funds, lottery
winnings and fake relationship. Thousands of email addresses of victims
(which include yours) have also been recovered from their address

books.
It is at this juncture that we are contacting you because you are now
listed as one of the Beneficiaries of the IMF / World Bank Compensation
payment of 2015 batch "A." The International Monetary Fund (IMF) with
the World Bank are making Refunds of US $ 1,500,000.00 each to all
Foreigners whom his / her Email address is listed on the address book of
These Recovered Officials arrested Fraudulent This refund is of Two
types: - .. (a) Those who are Beneficiaries of Contract, Inheritance or
Lottery funds (b).

Your Compensation payment will be Release to you through HSBC Bank, New York, United States once you furnish the below details.
================================= ==================
. 1 Full Name:
. 2 Addresses:
. 3 Telephones / Mobile:
. 4 Age and Gender:
. 5 Nationality:
. 6 Occupation: :
============================= =======================
NOTE:
You are HEREBY ADVISED to Disassociate Yourself from any form of
Communication with claimed Individuals, Banks, corporate bodies and
Government Officials and Follow Our Guidelines.
Yours Sincerely,
Yours Faithfully.
Davis Lookman
Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I)

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