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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: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bar.edwardwilliams121@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 10:38:25 -0500
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE !!!!



U.S. Bank Plc
324 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach, FL 33480,
SWIFT (US): USBKUS44XXX
Founded: United States of America
Hours: Open 24 Hours

Attention:

After today's board meeting of the management of this bank,States Department of the Treasury,,Internal Revenue Service of the United States (IRS), The Reserve Bank and the World Bank Directorate it was gathered that your overdue compensation fund worth US$5 Million has been deposited with this bank for onward payment/ transfer to your designated/choose bank account. the reason for this is because your name was among the scam victims that lost a lot of money to African and European Fraudsters,

you are hereby advised to without delay stop all contact going on between you and anybody on internet because you will end up at nothing.

RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.

Your Full Name__________________________

Your Residential Address________________

Your Sex/ Age___________________________

Occupation____________________ __________

Telephone/Fax_________________ __________

Next of Kin___________________________ __

Do not send money upfront fee to anyone from Europe or African for whatsoever reason. The US bank will immediately remit your account once I reconfirm your banking details.For further details and assistance on this Remittance Notification, kindly forward your FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS,TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS directly to this mail box

Your utmost response is needed to enable us proceed with your payment.

We are looking forward to hear from you.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
DEPT: WORLD DEBT RECONCILIATION AGENCIES.
ADVISE: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


A power of attorney was forwarded to our office this morning by two gentle men, one of them is an American national and he is MR. DAVID DEANE by name while the other person is MR. JACK MORGAN by name a CANADIAN national.


This gentlemen claimed to be your representative, and this power of attorney stated that you are dead, they brought an account to replace your information in other to claim your fund of $12.5 Million Usd which is now lying DORMANT and UNCLAIMED, below is the new account they have submitted:


BANK.-HSBC CANADA
Vancouver, CANADA
ACCOUNT NO. 2984-0008-66


Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffered and died of throat cancer. You are therefore given 24hrs to confirm the truth in this information, If you are still alive, You are to contact us back immediately, Because we work 24 hrs just to ensure that we monitor all the activities going on in regards to the transfer of beneficiaries inheritance and contract payment.


You are to reply to this office immediately for clarifications on this matter as we shall be available 24 hrs to attend to you and give you the necessary guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is wired to you immediately.


Just also be informed that any further delay from your side could be dangerous, as we would not be held responsible of wrong payment.


Best Regards
Barrister Edward Williams
Email : bar.edwardwilliams121@outlook.com
Finance Department Director
International Monetary Funds Agents
Thank you for choosing US Bank.


Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Rick Ruzzi
Executive Region Manager

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