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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: "JOHN LEE" <info@imf.org>
Reply-To: internationalmonetary96@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 07:24:50 -0700
Subject: INSTRUCTION TO RELEASE YOUR INHERITANCE FUND


YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) HEAD OFFICE NO:=
23 AVELELON RAOD, Abuja Nigeria. EMAIL(imf_departmentservices@imf.com ) AT=
TENTION: This is to intimate you of a very important information which will=
be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been e=
xperiencing in getting your long overdue payment due to excessive demand fo=
r money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after=
which your fund remain unpaid to you. I am Mr John Lee a highly placed off=
icial of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know=
that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the une=
asy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Comp=
anies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk and we have dec=
ided to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to handle your t=
ransaction here in Nigeria. All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates=
, 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 any=
more since the IMF is now directly in charge of your payment. The most anno=
ying thing is that the bad officials won't tell you the truth that on no ac=
count will they ever release the fund to you instead they allow you spend m=
oney unnecessarily, I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I=
can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security. I neede=
d to help you release the fund because you need to know the statues of your=
funds and cause for the delay, Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nige=
ria, you may not understand it because you are not a Nigerian. Listed below=
are the mafia's and banks behind the non-release of your funds that I mana=
ged to sneak out for your kind perusal. PLEASE CHECK AMONG THESE NAMES IF T=
HERE IS ANY ONE AMONG THEM WHO HAVE SCAMMED YOU, IF YES GET BACK TO ME FOR =
LEGAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 1) Prof. Charles Soludo(CBN) 2) Senator David Mar=
k 3) Chief Lamido Sanusi(CBN) 4) John Rob(Barclays bank plc) 5) Mrs Stella =
Brown(Barclays bank plc) 6) Ronald Franklin 7) Barrister Ucheuzo Williams 8=
) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Obi 9) Mr. Mike Jombo Deputy Governor - Policy / Boar=
d Member 10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance=
/ Board Member 11) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia Deputy Governor - Corporate Servi=
ces / Board Members 12) Mrs. Okonjo Iweala 13) Mrs. Rita Ekwesili 14) Diplo=
matic courier You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any in=
stitutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferre=
d to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrar=
y to this instruction is at your own risk. Respond to this e-mail on (inter=
nationalmonetary96@gmail.com ) with immediate effect and we shall give you =
further details on how your fund will be released. Reconfirm the informatio=
n bellow 1. Full Name: 2. Address: 3Nationality: 4. Age: Date of Birth: 5. =
Occupation: 6. Phone: Mobile/Cellular.....................Fax:.. 7. State o=
f Origin: 8. Copy of your identity Card Also Call me as soon as you receive=
the letter so that you will be given an immediate response YOURS SINCERELY=
, MR JOHN LEE

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