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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: "IMF OFFICE"<testo@sovintel.ru>
Reply-To: gtbbk12@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:05:39 +0100
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary,

IMF Offices in South Africa
467 Fehrsen Street, Brooklyn.
Pretoria, 0181.
PO Box 12082; Hatfield 0028,
Pretoria South Africa

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the

difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long overdue payment, due to excessive demand for money

from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you, I am

Ms Sandra Plessis, a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to

know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way which people like you are

treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk. We have

decided to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to handle your transaction here in the IMF Regional

Office South Africa.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier

companies which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back off from your transaction and

you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly

in charge of your payment. Your name appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that will receive

their funds in this first quarter payment.
We apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to our

office payment accordingly.

Your payment inheritance fund is USD$10 Million. Has being approved, therefore you are qualified now to received

and confirm your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Region immediately within the next

72hrs. We assure you that your payment will get to you as long as you follow my directives and instructions. We

have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE IS: (IMF601). Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Ms

Sandra Plessis, check if there is CODE (IMF601) if the code is not written, please delete the massage from your

box!


INFORMATION'S REQUESTED FROM YOU IS BELOW,

You Personal Address
Your Direct Phone Number
Your Occupation
Your Drivers License/Passport.


Yours Faithfully
Ms Sandra Plessis

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