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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: "Mrs.Christine Lagarde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bar.frankdaniel@aliyun.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:40:31 -0300
Subject: International Monetary Fund.

Attention beneficiaries,

We will like to bring to the notice of the Public that due to the major scams going round the globe, Africa has been declared as and biggest scamming country in the World. The Nigerian Government are working with the United state Government to make sure this scams and been stopped and all who has been scammed is been compensated.

Contrary to what is stated in these scam e-mails, letters, or phone conversations, the IMF does NOT authorize, verify, monitor, or assist in contract or inheritance payments between third parties and/or Governments, nor does it endorse the activities of any bank, financial institution, or other public or private agency. For purposes of clarification, the IMF is an inter-governmental organization whose transactions and operations are carried out directly with its member countries.

If you have already received such e-mails, you are advised to terminate all further contacts with the scammers, and in the event that you have sent them funds, you can contact Mr. Frank Daniel to assist you and have all complain forwarded to the EFCC in Nigeria.


We apologize for all loss and with the help of the Nigeria government, we where able to recover so much money from scammers, that is why we are compensating you with the sum of $5.000.000 US dollars, from the Nigeria government, to receive this payment, you are advised to contact out IMF officer Mr Frank Daniel. To assist you with the receive of your compensation payment,


Note: To receive your compensation payment, you have to contact Mr. Frank Daniel to direct you on procedures indicating the receiving of your funds in 12 to 24 hours.



1. Full Name ..................................
2. Sex ................................
3. Residential Address .............................
4. Fax/ Phone Number ............................
5. Country ......................
6. your Identity card .................


kindly reconfirm the above information, for the benefit of your transaction to be proccessed on time.

Contact Name: Barrister Frank Daniel
Email: imffrankdaniel@yeah.net


Best Regards.
International Monetary Fund.
Mrs.Christine Lagarde

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