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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: "BRYCE CONATSER" <admin@1music.ro>
Reply-To: <officialservice006@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 10:57:46 -0400
Subject: Good Day Fund Beneficiary,

Good Day Fund Beneficiary,

This is to notify you that we have been instructed by The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank to transfer your compensation fund worth
USD8,500,000 USD (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)
which is presently in our bank and ready to be transferred to you through our
Secured Online Money Transfer System (online bank transfer) or Via our ATM
Master Card Delivery to your address (with a daily withdrawal of USD3.000 only)
Or we will send you a Certified Cashier Check worth of USD850,000 to your
address according to the instruction from The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
and The World Bank. Kindly reconfirm your full detail below,

Your Full Names (First, Middle, Last):
Phone/Cell Numbers (office, home, mobile):
Current Home Address:
Copy of your ID/License:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:

Note that the immediate processing of your approved fund will commence as soon
as the above details has been received AND also the only fee you are to pay is $380, we await your exigent email response.

officialservice006@gmail.com
+1 920-796-0330

Thanks for your co-operation.

Regards,
BRYCE CONATSER.

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