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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: IMF Representative <cbarrjones11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cesolution12@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 20:55:28 -0700
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT

Attn: Beneficiary



I.M.F (International monetary fund) Scam Victims compensations payments.


My name is Marzhel Nicolas from Manila, Philippines. International
monetary fund appointed me to investigate and assist people in your
situation to receive their compensation payment $1,000,000 (One
Million United States Dollars) You are listed and approved for this
payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, Get back
to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your
$1,000,000 (One Million United States Dollars) compensations funds.


On this faithful recommendations, during the last I.M.F meetings held
in Manila, Philippines. The main topic in the meeting was advance fee
fraud such as obtaining by false pretense through different
fraudulent schemes e.g. contract scam, inheritance scam, job scam,
loan scam, lottery award scam, “wash wash” scam (money washing scam),.
Immigration scam, marriage scam, counterfeiting and religious scam. It
was alarmed so much by the world leaders in the meetings on the loss
of funds by various individuals to the scam syndicates operating all
over the world.


In this regard, one hundred and six (106) scammers have been arrested
worldwide so far and arrest is still going on. We have recovered the
total sum of $100,000,000 (One hundred million United States dollars)
from them in both cash and assets confirmed to have come from their
victims.Thousands of email addresses of their victims (which include
yours) have also been recovered from their address books. It is at
this juncture that am contacting you because you are now listed as one
of the beneficiaries of the I.M.F compensation payment .You are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any of the scam
syndicates For any reason what so ever as the Interpol is already on
trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all
apprehended. Remember that you are not the only scam victim, but you
are lucky to fall among one of the people that will be getting these
compensation funds, so if you feel reluctant to claim it, we will
cancel your name.


Payment method according to the paying bank: ATM card payment
method,certified bank check or bank to bank transfer..Please kindly
indicate to me whether to receive your fund through ATM card,
certified check or bank to bank transfer.Sorry if you received this
mail in your spam folder, is due to recent connection error from the
service provider. I await your response.Note:This is your scam
victim"s payment reference file number CESF257LUK


Do have a great day.
Mrs. Marzhel Nicolas
Continental Exchange Solutions.
Gerardo Tuazon Street Manila, Philippines

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