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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: "From International Monetary Fund." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imf-payment-dept@qq.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 17:18:35 +0300
Subject: Attn: Your ATM Card Ready For Payment.

Attn: Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs. Bella Holbrook I work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I am writing to inform you about the release and payment of your Lottery compensation winning prize ATM card worth $1.500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars conducted on the 05/16/2015 by the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Organizations through a random selection of email addresses for this year 2015 compensation Lottery Promotion Program.

Please be inform that your email address alongside other 9,999 email addresses has emerged winners in this year compensation Lottery Promotion Program. Therefore Your ATM card has been delivered to Mr Hart Leroy for activation immediately after the draw was conducted since on the 05/18/2015 only waiting for your response to effect the delivery of ATM card to your home address.

kindly contact Mr Hart Leroy fill and return to him the below information's for proper verification and documentation to avoid wrong delivery to another address or person during delivery process after the activation of your ATM card is completed and also remember to send him your file No: IMF/UN/WB/013.

Contact Name: Mr. Hart Leroy
Contact E-mail: imf-payment-dept@qq.com
Contact Number: +1(240)542-8572

1. Your Full Name:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Gender/Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Country:
10.File No: IMF/UN/WB/013

Meanwhile, 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 since on the 05/18/2015 for activation.

UPS Tracking number: 1z2876490390947593
UPS tracking site: http://wwwapps.ups.com/ WebTracking/track

Congratulations once more.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Bella Holbrook
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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