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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)" <"www."@jeans.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <larry.angelilli@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:34:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
1500 N Central Expy, Plano, TX 75074, USA
Phone +1(214) 612-2584
Representative Email Address:(larry.angelilli@yahoo.com)

Attention!! (EMERGENCY NEWS)

A power of attorney was forwarded to our head office this morning by one
gentle man and he is a citizen from United Kingdom England and his
name is (MR.Ashard Javid)
This man claimed to be your next of kin and this power of attorney
stated that you are dead after brief illness and he brought account to
replace your information in other to claim your fund of $1.6,million
USA dollars which is now been on hold and unclaimed, below is the new
account he have submitted where we should transfer your funds to him,

YORKSHIRE BANK
MR.A JAVID
ACCOUNT NO.: 10815543.
SORTCODE: 05-03-03
SWIFTCODE: YORKGB22

Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you
suffered and died of a throat cancer. You are therefore given 24 hrs
to confirm the truth in this , 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 beneficiary's inheritance and contract payment.
This man tried to claim the funds as he wants to bribe the office
with the funds clearance fee ($250) to the extend he wanted to donate more
than
the clearance fee,he said he can pay $1,000 to have the funds as a criminal.

You are advice to call this office immediately for verification on this
matter as we shall be available 24 hours to speak with you and give you
the necessary guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is safe
for you and also be inform that any further delay from your
side could be dangerous, as we would not be held responsible for any
wrong payment. Contact us as soon as possible if you are truly alive
as we have his identification and residence he provides for us to
wire the payment to him.

Note: we want you to re-confirm your personal information below to
enable us renew and update your file before we will take next step.

(1) Full Name.............
(2) Country/State/ City Name.............
(3) Delivery Address.........
(4) Occupation.............
(5) Sex..................
(6) Age.................
(7) Personal phone Number...........
(8) A Cope of Your Passport/ Drivers Licenses........................
(9)monthly income.............................................

Best Regards.
Mr.Larry Angelilli (Representative)
IMF Funds Payment Unit.
Dallas Texas
Phone Number +1(214) 612-2584

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