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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)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbi.1234567890@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:46:44 -0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY

NTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
World Debt Reconciliation Agencies
93-101 Blackfriars Road London.
SE1 8HL, United Kingdom
 
 
Attn: Beneficiary
 
 
This is to intimate you of a very important information and truth with facts and reasons why your inheritance payment and consignment has not been release to you after you have paid VIRTUALLY fees and certificate, which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long overdue payment due to excessive demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you. I am Tina Williams, a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) here in London UK, I am a United States Citizen. 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 United States, Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided to put a stop to that and that is why i was appointed to handle your transaction here in United Kingdom.  
 
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 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 as your fund will be transferred to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to these instructions is at your own risk.
 
 
Respond to via this e-mail (fbi.1234567890@yandex.com ) with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released.
 
 
Regards,
 
 
Tina Williams
(Head) Inspection Dept
Int'l Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Kingdom.
 

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