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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: Mr.Kerry Duffie <info11@henyjoe.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <bensoncolebrt@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 04:37:11 -0800
Subject: This is to intimate you of a very important information


Good Day! This is to intimate you of a very important information which wil=
l be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been =
experiencing in getting your long over due payment due toexcessive demand f=
or money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies afte=
r which your fund remain unpaid to you. International Monetary Fund (IMF). =
It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many=
correspondence on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Vari=
ous Banks and Courier Companies across Europe to Africa and Asia and we hav=
e decided to put a stop to that and that is why i was appointed to handle y=
our transaction here in Nigeria. All Governmental and Non-Governmental para=
sites, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier compa=
nies which have been in contact with You of late have been instructed to ba=
ck up from your transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to the=
m anymore since the IMF is now directly in Charge of your payment. You are =
hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with respec=
t to your transaction as your fund will be Transferee to you directly from =
our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this instruction i=
s at your own risk. And the only money you are too paid to Reverend.Andersn=
Cole is just $285 Usd for the paper works, take note of that. Once again s=
top contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Reverend. Andersn=
Cole so that he can help you to Transfer your Fund into your account, inst=
ead of dealing with those liars that will be turning up and down. In furthe=
rance to my mail, then also, anytime you receive any kind of email similar =
to the one I have sent you this very first time I contacted you or any one,=
I will want you not to respond to it and it should be forwarded to me. Be =
rest assured that it must be an under ground ploy from the Bank doing an in=
vestigation to see if you will also jump at the opportunity of such proposa=
l. This is a way of carrying out investigation over the legitimacy of the c=
laim you are making to the fund. So any time you receive an email similar t=
o the one I have sent you for the very first time even the FBI or I.M.F eve=
n anyone at all, I will want you NOT to respond to it. All you need to do i=
s forward it to me. No matter from whom ever it came from, you must disrega=
rd it. It is an under ground investigation from the office and the Bank. Re=
spond to this e-mail on (Imf_rev.anderson@writeme.com with immediate effect=
and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released. A=
lso call me as soon as you send the e-mail so that you will be given an imm=
ediate response: Contact Agent Name:Rev Andersn Cole Email: Imf_rev.anderso=
n@writeme.com telephone number: +13344729069 Regards, Mr. Kerry Duffie

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