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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ecbgermimf@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Budget-In-Chief <info1434@dcubedinteriors.co.za>
Reply-To: ecbgermimf@gmail.com
Date: 01 Mar 2020 17:29:13 +0100
Subject: PIC Intent
Attn: Sir/Ma
An-unspent US$60M IMF Investment Fund.
I’m the Chief Budget Officer and a senior Economic Strategist of OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PLANNING (OBP), International Monetary Fund, IMF.
Amount in question is a left over and/or unspent approved
and budgeted FUNDS for various IMF administrative and capital budgets by IMF. However, due to heavy financial red tape/restriction over outgoing border wire transfers of non-institutional or official lump sum, the left over fund was "KEPT" in a [BANK
SECURITY VAULT] in Europe where it would be moved/transferred for investments Kick-Off into the custody/bank account of an interest-partner with me and one of my colleague for [Private Investment Contract PIC Boost Fund] under your steer-ship.
This transaction is only confidential between you and us.
You will secretly keep the share/stake of our own in the investment partnership upon its execution. In the light of this, please reply me urgently to enable us proceed.
Please send your response through the dedicated email address:
ecbgermimf@gmail.com. Owing to self protection the proposer's name will for now be anonymous.
Budget-In-Chief
CC: Chief Account Officer
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