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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: "MICROSOFT LOTTERY ORGANISATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <christine.imf@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:13:08 +0200
Subject: FROM IMF.

IMF Headquarters:
International Monetary Fund
700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20431
United States.

ATTENTION: Fund owner,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of an application that was sent to this office in your favor, and to further
bring to your notice that we have taken time to verify your file and we hereby inform you that all the
information provided has been in correspondence, we have received a payment approval from the World
Bank in collaboration with the United State Government and the Federal Reserve Bank Of South Africa to
release the fund of every individual that is long overdue.

The World Bank, United State Government and IMF introduced this payment arrangement as to enable
every individual to receive their funds without any interference.

Therefore the ATM Master Express Credit Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.
Below are few list of tracking number you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have
received their payment successfully.


Name: SHANE SMITH BARNES
UPS SITE: www.ups.com
Tracking Number: 1ZR3W8914433389416
DELIVERED TO: VIRGINIA, MN, US
COUNTRY: UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry of Finance on behalf of everyone who is yet to receive
their fund and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in total 8.5 Million
US Dollars in an ATM card which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM Machine Center world wide
with a maximum withdrawal of $4000 to $5000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to
claim your fund in an ATM Card. Since the International Monetary Fund is involved in this transaction, you
have to be rest assured for it is our duty to protect you.

All you are required to do is to contact the ATM Card Centre Via email, the Consultant will assist you with
the requirements to proceed and procure Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $1000 only and
note that your Approval Slip will contain the details of the agent who will process your transaction.

ATM Card CENTRE.
CONSULTANT NAME: Mrs Margaret Bill.
EMAIL: ATM.CARD-CENTRE@consultant.com
Do contact Mrs Margaret Bill of the ATM Card center with these details so your files will be updated and
your ATM Card delivered to you:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
State :
Postcode:
Country :
TELL:
OCCUPATION:
Date of Birth:
Sex :
Marital Status:
Next of Kin :

Your files will be updated immediately after this is done and she will advice you on how to make the
payment of $1000 via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which
the Delivery of your ATM Card will be affected to your home Address without any further delay. Mrs
Margaret Bill will reply you with the secret code of the ATM Card.

We advice you get back to this office after you have contacted the ATM Card CENTER so we can move on
with further Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you without delay.

Best Regards,
Christine Lagarde.
International Monetary Fund Director Since 28 June 2011 - Present


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