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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: "Joy Arure" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <compensationoffice@yeah.net>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 13:10:12 -0400
Subject: RE.COMPENSATION OFFICE .

Hello beneficiary,
 
      I'm Mrs.Joy Arure, I work for the International Monetary Fund office (IMF), here in Nigeria and we are working towards getting all Compensation payment delivered directly to your country: usa. I also work for the Foreign Operations Department all around the globe, We also have an office there in the states. I will advice you to understand that the Compensation office and IMF office,are working together with the EFCC to make sure all Beneficiaries receive their compensation payments worth $3,500,000USD.
 
You might be wondering how the funds is suppose to get to you, it is our office duty to make it clear to you that anyone you might have been working with for a long time, might be scam individuals, that pretend to have your money, and they will stop at nothing to ensure that they get hold of your money, and not offer you nothing in return, Please i advice you stop dealing with all individuals claiming to be bank emails or authorities, they are not real. For security reasons you are advised to change your email password, this is due to the fact that hackers constantly send spywares and malwares messages to you without your acknowledgment, and it results to allowing the hackers gain access to your password and emails.
 
The EFCC ( ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION) has been able to arrest and detain most of the scam artist, and were able to discover so much money from the scammers, and this resulted to how your compensation funds were generated from. The scam artist who were caught, had your email address in their file's, and that was how we were able to get your email. We are sorry if in any chance you have losed your money to any scam artist, or have been defrauded by a fraudster before. The individuals that scam alot of people through this means, corrupts and indulge's the country name in a bad act, which leads to the reason why the EFCC has been able to compensate you with a token payment of $3,500,000 due to the money the (EFCC) officers have generated from the scam individuals.
NOTE:-I'm Mrs.Joy Arure, of the secretarial department from the IMF office, that is to aid you on collecting your compensation payment. You are hereby, advised to reply back at me on your next email for further procedures that are to be taken on regarding your compensation payment.
 
 
ENCLOSED HERE ARE MY DETAILS FOR YOU TO GET BACK TO ME.
Name: Mrs.Joy Arure,
Country: Nigeria
State: Lagos
Department: FOD (Foreign Operation Department).
 
IMF Office:
Name: Mr. George Williams
email: g.william5@aol.com
 
  Thank you very much for your time and commitment to our email. You can choose to Email the IMF office through this email for any other inquiries or further questions, send along with your name and Question. I await your swift response for the next procedure, given to embark on.
 
 
 
CONFIRM YOUR DETAIL BELOW TO AVOID WRONG DELIVERY OF YOUR FUND WORTH $3.5 MILLION DOLLAR.
1. Full Name..................................
2. Residential Address.............................
3. Phone Number............................
4. Fax Number................
5. Occupation.................
6. Sex...........
7. Age.......................  
8. Nationality.............
9. Country......................
10.scan copy passport...........
 
 
 
Best Regards.
Mrs.Joy Arure,
Foreign Operation Department.
Compensation office.

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