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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: International Monetary Funds <osvaldo.rota@alice.it>
Reply-To: richardmoseley023@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:20:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: IS IT TRUE YOU ARE DEAD? REPLY IF YOUR ALIVE

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNIT.
Senior Resident Representative Payment
9 Hon. Justice Balakin Avenue. Cotonou Benin Republic.
Officer In charge Of Foreign Inheritance Payment
Mr. Richard Moseley (SAN).


Attention:,

A power of attorney was forwarded to our office this morning by one gentle
man, one he is an American national and HIS Name is Mr Gerald N. Samaroo, This
man claimed to be your representative and this power of attorney stated that
you are dead, he brought an account to replace your information in other to
claim your fund of ($8.5 Million) Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars which is now lying in a dormant account UNCLAIMED, below is the
Address he have submitted:

FULL NAME: Gerald N. Samaroo
FULL ADDRESS:: 7111-142 Ave N, # 107, Largo, Florida 33771, U.S.A.
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER: 727-421-4992
OCCUPATION:TRANSPORTS: Retired Accountant
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:: Married, 72 Years

Bank Account.city bank
account# / 6503809428.
Routing/122006743,
address 1076 peter Johnson Road, largo Florida.

Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffered
and died of a throat cancer. You are therefore given 24hrs to confirm the truth
in this information, If you are still alive, You are to contact us back
immediately, Because we work 24 hrs just to ensure that we monitor all the
activities going on in regards to the transfer of beneficiaries inheritance and
contract payment.

You are to call this office immediately for clarifications on this matter as we
shall be available 24 hrs to speak with you and give you the necessary
guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is wired to you immediately and
also be informed that any further delay from your side could be dangerous, as
we will not be held responsible for any wrong payment.

So kindly contact us urgently if you are Alive as we have his identification
and residence he provided for this payment to be wired to his account. N/B Note
that you will required to pay the IMF payment Release Bound administrative
charge of $98.00us dollars for file endorsement processing charge.

Here is the information you are required to send via email for us to check up
with the data’s we have in our central computer.

(1) Full Name………….

(2) Country/State/ City Name………….
(3) Delivery Address………
(4) Occupation………….
(5) Sex………………
(6) Age……………..
(7) Telephone Number………..
(8) A Cope of Your Passport/ Drivers Licenses……………………


Contact Person

Mr.Richard Moseley (SAN).
Email Address: ( richardmoseley023@gmail.com )


As soon as you provide the information above, we will direct you on how to send
the file endorsement processing charge via money gram.

Thank You.

Mr. Richard Moseley (SAN).
Chief IMF payment Audit
International Monetary Funds
Senior Representative Payment Office Cotonou Benin Republic.

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