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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: IMF DIRECTOR <jacklew@barid.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:26:37 GMT
Subject: YOUR APPROVED PAYMENT OF $1,650,000.00

>From The Office Of
Christine Lagarde Director,
International Monetary Fund.
Washington, D.C. 20431

Greetings of The day

I am Mrs Christine Lagarde, the Director of compensation Payment for the
IMF. After
proper investigations, we discovered that your impending
payment that have been withheld by impostors, have been transferred to
Society Trust Bank here in the United States of America.

Investigations revealed that you have not been able to receive this
funds, because
you do not trust the legitimacy of this transaction or you have not been
given proper guidelines on how
to go about receiving your funds.

The IMF has giving authority to the Society Trust Bank to
assist the Federal Ministry of Finance and all the organization involved;
such as the Central bank and Legit lottery organizations to
immediately commence with the compensation of all the beneficiaries
awaiting the successful transfer of their funds. With the help of some of
the best Internet investigators attached to the United Nations, we traced
your information from the Internet as one of the beneficiaries awaiting
the successful transfer of funds to your nominated account.

I am pleased to inform you that you have a total of 1,650,000 US DOLLARS
WITH THE BANK, FOR TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
Please note that, you are going to set up an Online account with the bank,
to enable them complete your transfer.

Contact Mr.Jack Lew
US Secretary of Treasury
United States Of America.
Email: jacklew@barid.com

YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION:
FULL NAME:
HOUSE ADDRESS:
CELLPHONE NUMBER:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:

Mrs Christine Lagarde
Director International Monetary Funds,
Washington
DC

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