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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: "YOUR INHERITANCE FUND" <826272@usdial.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: benkora@qip.ru
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 11:04:02 -0800
Subject:

FUND VERIFICATION & MONITORING UNIT.

This letter is from the Fund Verification & Monitoring Unit jointly sponsored by the United States of America, European Union, African Union, Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Paris Club and Regional Economic Monitoring Unit (Asian Development Bank).

The unit was set up to discover all unpaid outstanding funds being owed to Companies or Individuals Globally either through Contract Payment, Inheritance Fund or Lottery Winning Prize Awards. It may interest you to note that the Unit has discovered an outstanding unpaid/unclaimed huge sum of money in your name and after carefully conducting verification exercise on the fund, it was discovered that the fund is not proceed from Terrorist, Drug nor Money Laundering Funding.

We have concluded special arrangement that will allow you to receive the fund in any of our paying Offices either in Europe, America, Asia or Africa after all conditionality’s has been concluded with the paying country and as it depends availability of enough funds to upset payment of the fund in your favor without further delay.

You are therefore advising you to reconfirm the below information’s as to avoid wrong processing and programming of the fund for payment in your favor, as this office will not held reliable.


Your Full Name ________


Your Complete Address: ________


You’re City/Country Origin: ________


Your Alternative Email Address_______


Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year): ______


Passport or Driving License: _______________


Direct Telephone/Cell Number: ____________


Amount: ___________________


Country Origin of the Fund:__________________



Thanks,

Yours Truly,

Mr. H G
For: Fund Verification & Monitoring Unit
Email: benkora@qip.ru


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