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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. Linda Walker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <internationalmonetarydepart@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 08:56:05 +0300
Subject: Good Day,

Good Day,
 
My name is Mrs. Linda Walker and I work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I am writing you to let you know that finally your ATM Card worth $650,000.00 USD has been delivered through UPS to Mr. Hart Leroy, who works with the IMF where it is going to be activated before final delivery to your home address. You can use the tracking number with the tracking site below to track the ATM Card to be sure it has been delivered to Mr. Hart, for activation.
 
UPS Tracking number: 1z2876490390947593
UPS tracking site: http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track
 
Below is the contact information to Mr. Hart Leroy
 
Contact Name: Mr. Hart Leroy
Contact E-mail: internationalmonetarydepart@gmail.com
Contact Number: +18053176478
 
You are to contact Mr. Hart with his email address above then he will guild you on how your Card will be activation and delivered to your home address.
 
 
Note: The only fee you are to send for the activation fee is just $250 USD so make sure you don’t send him more than $250 USD. Your card is already with him and you can track it with the tracking details given to you above for confirmation.
 
Congratulations once more.
 
Bes Regards,
Mrs. Linda Walker
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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