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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: "Christine Laggard " <"www."@view.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Christine Laggard " <laggarddirectorchristine@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:51:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTN: Beneficairy

ATTN: Beneficairy

This
is to enlighten 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 over due payment due to excessive
demand of money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier
Companies, Diplomatic agents and fraudulent barristers after which your
fund/payment remain unpaid to you.

I am Christine Laggard a
highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Washington, D.C. were I have been assigned to take responsibility of
your funds remittance to you with out further delay. It may interest you
to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondence
on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and
Courier Companies across Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided
to put a stop to these nightmares, which is the reason I was appointed
to handle your transaction.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental
parasites, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and
Courier companies which have been in contact with you of late have been
instructed to quit and back up from your transaction and YOU have been
advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the IMF is now directly in
charge of your payment. You are hereby advised NOT to remit further
payment to any institutions with respect to your transaction/funds
remittance as your fund will be transferred to you directly from our
source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this instruction is
at your own risk.

Respond to this e-mail on (laggarddirectorchristine@gmail.com
) with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how
your funds will be released to you. Contact the above email immediately
for immediate response.

NB: Please kindly report any suspected
scam/fraud email or ongoing transaction to this office immediately for
investigation and verification and wait for feedback. God bless you.

Regards,
Christine Laggard (Director)
International Monetary Fund
Head Department Washington D.C.© 2017

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