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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: "Ms. Christine Lagarde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.c.annis43@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:48:10 +0700
Subject: CONTACT Mr. C ANNIS FOR YOUR THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR MASTER CARD.

IMF - International Monetary Fund.
Address:700 19th St NW, Washington, DC 20431, United States
Email:imf.department403@usa.com
 
 
 
Attention:Beneficiary,
 
 
 
My name is Ms. Christine Lagarde and I work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I am writing you to let you know that finally your ATM Card worth $5000,000.00
 
USD has been delivered through DHL to Mr. C ANNIS, who works with the IMF where it is going to be activated before final delivery to your home address. You can use the tracking number with the tracking site below to track the ATM Card to be sure it has been delivered to Mr. Frank Wes, for activation.
 
 
 
www.dhl.com
Tracking number: 8293948600
 
=============================           
 
 
Below is the contact information to Mr. C ANNIS
Contact Name:Mr. C ANNIS
Contact E-mail:mr.c.annis43@gmail.com
Contact Number: +1(507) 589-4145
 
 
You are to contact Mr.C ANNIS s with his email address above then he will guide you on how your Card will be activated and delivered to your home address.
 
 
Please Fill Our The Following Information.
 
Full name:
Occupation:
Home address:
Tel:
Country:
 
 
Note: The only fee you are to send for the activation fee is just $350 USD so make sure you don’t send him more than $350 USD. Your card is already with him and you
 
can track it with the tracking details given to you above for confirmation.
 
 
Congratulations once more.
 
 
Best Regards,
Ms. Christine Lagarde
International Monetary Funds (IMF)

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