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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: =?utf-8?Q?Money=C2=AEGram-Money?= Transfer <"moneygram."@oboe.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: =?utf-8?Q?Money=C2=AEGram-Money?= Transfer <moneygramfile0@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:11:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: (IMF) Annual Compensation

WELCOME TO MONEY GRAM,
MONEY TRANSFER WORLDWIDE
ADDRESS: 131 DANGOTE IRONSI,
STREET COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC.
DIRCT: Mrs. Linda Gilbert
TEL: +(229) 674-020-51

GOOD DAY

International Monetary Fund Annual Compensation Of The Year From Benin Republic.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating some scam victims every 4 four years ending and your email address was found in the victims list of this years. Meanwhile this Money-gram®office has been mandated by the IMF to transfer your own compensation to you via Money-gram®Money transfer.

However, we have concluded your money-gram first transfer of $5,000.00 dollars ready for pick up by you and that is how you will be receiving it per day till your total $2.5 Million United States dollar is completely transferred to you. We hereby needed your full information's.


GET BACK TO US WITH YOUR FULL INFO TO AVOID WRONG TRANSFER.

(Receivers name)..............
(Country).......................
(Address).........................
(Phone Number).....................
(Your Age)..........................
(ID copy)............. ..............


Here is the information to pick up your first transfer of $5,000.00 through Money-gram store close to you.

Money Reference Number (REF)::: #69133972
Sender's First Name::Isaiah
Sender's Last Name:::Ike
MTCN:#69133972 (Track the MTCN by visiting::::::::: https://secure.moneygram.com/track


Before you can be able to pick up your first transfer you will pay for the renewal of your transfer file, which is sum of $59, 00 usd, so my dear we advice you to proceed to any money-gram around you and make the payment of $59,00 usd so that you can pick up your transfer immediately without any delay.


BLOW IS OUR OFFICE PAYMENT RECEIVER INFORMATION FOR THE $59,00 usd?

Receivers Name....Kelvin Odume
Country ....Benin Republic
City ....Cotonou
Text question....A
text answer ....Z
Amount ....$59,00 usd


NOTE: That your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72hours if we did not hear from you because this was the instruction given to us by the IMF Authority. You will pick up the transfer as soon as we received your payment info of $59,00 usd. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message for any reason in what so ever.

NOTICE: text or call our office line for any question.::+229-987-138-76 or Email: moneygramfile0@gmail.com or lindagilbert276@yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Mr. Isaiah Ike
MONEY-GRAM®MONEY TRANSFER.

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