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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: "IMF" <admin@hybrid-lack.de>
Reply-To: compaymentoffice@qq.com
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:42:49 +0100
Subject: Re: PAYMENT CODE (ATM/IMF/1180/2016)


International Monetary Fund 700 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20431 De=
ar Fund Beneficiary, YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD Thi=
s is to inform you that, we have been working towards the eradication of fr=
audsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the United States Gove=
rnment, Benin Republic Government, United Kingdom Government and the Intern=
ational Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) inclu=
ding with the help of the Currency Transactions Reports (CTR) and Suspiciou=
s Transactions Reports (STR) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Financial A=
ction Task Force (FATF). We have been able to track down so many of this sc=
am artist in various parts of African countries which includes (United King=
dom, India, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and th=
ey are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Cou=
rt of Justice (ICJ) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice. Du=
ring the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much =
money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-Crime Commission and =
the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scamm=
ers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for compensation. =
This Email/Letter is been directed to you because your email address was fo=
und in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the inv=
estigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensate=
d with the sum of USD10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars Only). We have also=
arrested some of those who claim that they are Barristers, Bank Officials,=
Lottery and Government Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be=
the next of kin of such funds which does not exist. Since your email addre=
ss appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation f=
unds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD=
. An ATM Visa Card will be issued in your name and your 10,000,000.00 (Ten =
Million Dollars Only) will be loaded into it, and deliver it to your postal=
address with the Pin Number, as to enable you withdrawal your funds from a=
ny ATM Machine anywhere in the world. To issue the ATM Visa Card, you are t=
herefore advised to contact the Visa Card Incorporation Benin Republic, thi=
s is so because Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that enab=
les consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use di=
gital currency instead of cash and checks, and the Government choose them t=
o payout all the compensation funds to the 100 Lucky beneficiaries. Please =
contact them now with the below contact details: However, kindly find below=
the contact person: Mr. Jeffrey C. Campbell Chief Financial Officer Americ=
an Express Company Plc Phone:+1 801-487-1077 Email: compaymentoffice@qq.com=
Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM Card. As soon as you establis=
h a contact with him, an ATM card will be issued to you immediately which y=
ou can use to withdraw your funds from any ATM Machine, but the maximum is =
Usd20,000 dollars per day because the Card has been upgrade. So if you like=
to receive your funds through this means you=92re advised to contact (Mr. =
Jeffrey C. Campbell of American Express Company Plc) with the following inf=
ormation as stated below: 1. Full name 2. Phone and fax number 3. Address w=
ere you want them to send the ATM card to (P.O box not acceptable) 4. Your =
age and current occupation 5. Attach copy of your identification Please Be =
Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the United State Go=
vernment does not instruct any other Bank or agent in this payment except (=
Mr. Jeffrey C. Campbell of American Express Company Plc), whom we can only =
give attention to, and from now, we advice you to stop all the communicatio=
ns you are having with any other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia an=
d Africa regarding to your payment. Thanks for your understanding as you fo=
llow instructions. YOURS SINCERELY, Andrew Tweedie Finance Department Direc=
tor International Monetary Fund 700 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20431

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