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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: "IFc Global Funds" <ryo-taka1@wavelet.ne.jp>
Reply-To: office@ifc-global.org
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:49:06 +0300
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Congratulations_=E2=82=AC7=2C500_Paid_in_western_union?=

Attention: to the email owner,

We are glad to inform you that the IFC Global Development Funds Lottery Program result is out, your e-mail address attached to ticket number: ES-554/087/BB with corresponding serial number: IFC-060290_EC which subsequently won in the 3rd category.

Therefore you have been approved to be paid the sum of 487,000 Eur through western union at 7,500 euro transfer per day or bank transfer using your IBAN and BIC number.

We advise you to keep your winning information undisclosed until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to you completely. It is a part of our security procedure to avoid double claiming and unwanted abuse of this program

Please note: we will be sending only €7,500 Euro per day till the total of €487,000.00 is completed
Here is the western union detail to pick up the €7,500 that was sent. To confirm your MTCN visit Western Union Website on https://www.westernunion.com/global-service/track-transfer

MTCN Number: #958-147-5733
Sender's Name: Shahrini Binti Mohamed
Amount: €7,500

I await for your urgent response to process your winning number
My direct phone number is +447934177060/ WhatsApp

Thanks & Regards
Hazim SEBBATA
IFc Accounting Officer
Email: ifcglobal.com@gmail.com

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