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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 FUND (IMF) NEW DELHI-INDIA." <info@web.info>
Reply-To: info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 07:10:02 +0530
Subject: RELEASE OF YOUR $10 000 000 USD (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)



--
Dr Murphy Japhet - I.M.F Regional officer (New Delhi India)
Executive Controller and Debt Reconciliation in South Asia
Suite 121, Taj Palace Hotel
New Delhi, 110021, India.



RELEASE OF YOUR $10 000 000 USD (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
It has come to our notice in our Headquarters building (I.M.F)
Washington D.C, U.S.A that your impending funds, which was intercepted
has not been released to you; we noticed that you made several attempt
to transfer your funds but to no avail. Our investigation continued to
the Asian, Middle east, European and United State Department of the
International Monetary Fund (I.M.F. The monitoring team gave an
unsatisfactory report to your transaction; hence the chairman is
presently under investigation for conspiracy with your representative
with intensions to divert your funds.
We have the absolute right and authority to pay any funds emanating as
a proceed of loan, Inheritance, Contract payment, Business
representative, Bogus cheque, Lottery and ATM Card transactions. You are
advised to desist from contacting anyone including your agent or
representative in this regard because International Monetary Fund has
taken full responsibility to transfer your fund to you. Respond to this
mail by re-confirming the information below.

Full name:
Telephone no:
Fax no:
Age:
Country:
Home address:
Office address:
Occupation:
Marital status:

You are further advised to keep your payment confidential to yourself
alone to avoid double claim into your transaction.

REPLY TO OUR OFFICIAL EMAIL: info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Murphy Japhet
Debt Reconciliation and Executive Controller
I.M.F Regional Office (South Asia)
info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com

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