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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 Lagarde," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <internationalmfundsunations@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 09:09:41 +0200
Subject: Attention Urgent Response From Christine Lagarde,Director of International Monetary Fund.

International Monetary Fund,
Headquarters: 700 19th Street,
N.W, Washington, D.C. 20431.
United States.

Attn;Honorable Beneficiary.

I am Christine Lagarde,Director of International Monetary Funds and I was instructed by the USA Bank Of American with IMF Commissions and
World Bank Organizations that I should officially inform you that,your long awaited Inheritance/ Contract fund with the USA Bank of American
have been approved and release today.i want you to contact us for immediate transfer of your funds of $12.5 m usd to your bank account
without any more delay.

After a board meeting with the chairman, senate contract award committees, we have agreed to release your payment for the claim of
your overdue payment to your bank account.

According to the instruction from the BOA with IMF and World Bank committees that, the requirement $350 USD tax fee is required from you
to enable us here in the IMF OFFICE to transfer your fund to your bank account because,this is what have been the delay to transfer your fund
to your bank account to you without any delay.

Please kindly contact me immediately with this email address below for more details.
Email;internationalmfundsunations@gmail.com

I want your urgent response as soon as you finish going through this mail to you,so that we can commence and make your transfer successful.

yours In Services.

Christine Lagarde,
Director IMF.
Email;internationalmfundsunations@gmail.com

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