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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: "Axel Schimmelpfennig" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nedbankm@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:10:48 +0200
Subject: Contact Michael Brown for the transfer.

Dear,

I am Axel Schimmelpfennig, the newly-sworn Chairperson International Monetary Organization South Africa. I have made it my first point of call since taking office to settle all outstanding payments accrued to individuals/corporations with respect to local and overseas contract payment, debt re-scheduling and outstanding compensation payment. This is to make sure all outstanding payments are settled before the end of the fiscal year 2016.I have your file here in my office and it says that you are yet to receive your fund valued at $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars only). And the money was deposited with Nedbank South Africa. Today I made an arrangement with the CEO of the bank Michael William Thomas to transfer the fund to you without any hitch.

Here are his contact details,

Contact Person: Michael W. Brown (CEO)
e-mail: nedbankm@gmail.com
Phone: +27 612 545 370

Please contact him with your full information to help them process your payment;

(1) Full Names:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Current Phone Number:
(4) Age:
(5) Country of Residence:
(6) Occupation:

Note: This email address is not monitored, make sure to forward your information to Michaels email address or you won't get a reply. his email is (nedbankm@gmail.com)

Sincerely,

Axel Schimmelpfennig
Senior Resident Representative
International Monetary Fund
Hatfield, South Africa

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