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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: "www.imf.org" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbasheeruae@mail2Economist.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:17:49 +0100
Subject: FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,(IMF)

Hallo vriend,

UW NAAM / E-mailadres is geselecteerd om te profiteren van de Verenigde Naties RELIEF PROGRAMMA. Ik was erop gericht u te informeren dat een bedrag geld (slechts vijfhonderdduizend US DOllars) is toegekend en goedgekeurd door het VN-Relief Program Committee om u te betalen.

Uw volledige naam, adres en direct telefoonnummer, inclusief een kopie van uw geldige ID, is vereist om het betalingsproces te voltooien.

Het betalingsschema zou gerelateerd zijn aan u nadat u bovenstaande informatie van u heeft ontvangen.

OPRECHT,
Meneer BECKER JOHNSON
DIRECTOR, IMF FINANCIËLE MONITORINGSENHEID
INTERNATIONAAL MONETAIR FONDS
700 19TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20431

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Hello Friend,

YOUR NAME / E-mail address has been selected to benefit from the United Nations RELIEF PROGRAM. I was directed to inform you that an amount of money (only five hundred thousand US DOllars) has been granted and approved by the UN Relief Program Committee to pay you.

Your full name, address and direct phone number, including a copy of your valid ID, is required to complete the payment process.

The payment schedule would be related to you after receiving the above information from you.

SINCERE,
Mr. BECKER JOHNSON
DIRECTOR, IMF FINANCIAL MONITORING
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
700 19TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20431

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