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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: IRS USA <megacoordinatorss@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:13:18 +0100
Subject: Claim Your Abandon Charity Check Funds

*Office of Internal Revenue Service, IRS*
*Seattle, Washington USA*
*930 Ave Seattle, WA 98174*

*08/27/2018.*

*Attention: Beneficiary,*

*Your Check valued $5,800,000.00 which we stopped the delivery willed to
you by One Mrs. Emilly Alison because of the IRS Clearance Paper which
cost $250.00 has been abandon here in our office for sometime now and we
have tried to reach out to her about Her willed charity check in our
Custody but It appears she is dead.*

*Therefore, You have to immediately contact Mr. John Celmer, IRS Funds
Release Commissioner and make the payment of $250.00 for the IRS Clearance
Paper to Him to enable Him deliver the Charity check of $5,800,000.00 to
you.*

*Contact Mr. John Celmer ( IRS Funds Release Commissioner )*

*E-mail: **deptintrevusa.com05@yahoo.com <deptintrevusa.com05@yahoo.com>*

*Also, Send him your Name, Phone# and address where you want him to send
the Charity check to you for re-confirmation and tell him your Reference
Number (IRS/0913/F).Also, that your Charity Check Funds is protected by a
hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount
from the money before it is remitted to you. This means that the said
charges cannot be deducted from your fund.*

*And Please When you get this fund, use ONLY $800.000.00 (Eight hundred
thousand United States Dollars) for your effort and USE THE REST OF THIS
FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSE IN THE WAY IT WILL PLEASE HUMANITY.*

*We anticipate your response*

*Regards*

*David Kautter *
*Board of Directors,*
*IRS, USA.*

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