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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: "Dr. Mrs. Melissa Zuma" <m.livnii@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 22:14:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Payment To You


International Monetary Fund (IMF)Headquarters: 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20431, USA


Attention Dear,                                This Message Is Very Urgent To Attend: Greetings From International Monetary Fund (IMF) and United States Integration, I hereby inform you officially that an alert came to us today from the United Nation Official through the help of Federal Bureau of Investigation {FBI} here in United States along with the WorldRemit Private Bank (Pty) Ltd South Africa. And according to the official, World Bank Organization together with United State Embassy in France, have approved to compensate 10 lucky beneficiaries as a ( Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Compensation), and your registered email address was found among the 10 lucky beneficiaries. The fund US$8,500,000.00 (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only or Its equivalents in Euro €7,900,000.00 EUR Euros (Seven Million Nine Hundred Thousand EUR Euros) or Pound Sterling only will be release this week as soon as the beneficiary meet up/comply with the instruction/requirements such as your personal and bank account information and your receiving method as three methods mode of payments has been approved.
 The Approval Protocol Code No#: 567909096KMMF00 The Transaction Confirmation Reference No#: 779NVNNVCNCQQ1098
 Please try to quote this numbers when replying to us it will help us to allocate your claim file and facilitated the transaction amicably. Secondly the law stated that every beneficiaries will take care of the transaction base on your favorable means of receiving as listed here and its the law guiding the offer. Finally this compensation have a terminal date therefore any beneficiary who fail to comply or meet up on time will definitely miss this fund and the golden opportunities and its just one week guarantee as directed. Here are the three means of receiving the fund (1) Bank To Bank Wire Transfer Confirmable in three working days. (2) By ATM CARD means of Courier Delivery. (3) Through Digital Currency Platform(Cryptocurrency), Refined Raw Gold, Silver, Diamond tantamount to US$8,500,000.00 (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only or Its equivalents in Euro €7,900,000.00 EUR Euros (Seven Million Nine Hundred Thousand EUR Euros) or Pound Sterling only.

 Kindly indicate the method that best suits you.

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NOTICE!

But meanwhile we have urgently managed to transferred you some part payments of US$30,000.00 only  from the principle amount in question in three payments first installment through MONEY GRAM Express Transfer below are the Reference Numbers to pickup the payments  from any Money Gram Outlets Agent Nearby right now: Below are the first three (3) installment payments endorses to you for easier pickup at any Money Gram Outlets Agent. Attention please before you can be able to pickup this funds from any Money Gram Outlets Agent we still need to authorize and approve this payment for you first here in our control system (Computer) so that it can be available for you to pickup instantly in less than 10 minutes for your kind information: In this transaction each payment is: US$10,000.00 only=======================================================
BELOW IS THE REFERENCE AND TRACKING WEBSITE TO ENABLE YOU TRACK YOUR FIRST PROGRAMMED APPROVED PAYMENT.PLEASE DO COPY THIS WEBSITE UNDER AND PAST IT ON YOUR TAB BROWSER TO START TRACKING YOUR PAYMENT ONLINE:
THE FIRST PAYMENT BELOW:
SENDER'S NAME:--------ROBERSTSON NNAJI   REFERENCE NUMBER#:-------75834025ADDRESS:---------Shop 4 N1 Business Centre National Rd Musina, Limpopo South Africa.TEXT QUESTION ---------GOD?TEXT ANSWER ----------BLESSAMOUNT --------$10,000.00 USD                          (First Payment)
Copy this link and past on your ‎Tob Browser for tracking: https://secure.moneygram.com/embed/track=======================================================THE SECOND PAYMENT BELOW:
SENDER'S NAME:--------BEN BEL   REFERENCE NUMBER#:-------41258095ADDRESS:---------Shop 4 N1 Business Centre National Rd Musina, Limpopo South Africa.TEXT QUESTION ---------WHEN?TEXT ANSWER ----------TODAYAMOUNT --------$10,000.00 USD                                      (Second Payment)
Copy this link and past on your ‎Tob Browser for tracking: https://secure.moneygram.com/embed/track

Please track it to know if it is still available before you can proceed to the Money Gram outlet agent to pick up the first (3) three payments of $30,000.00
Copy this link below to track your $10,000.00 USD payment status now.It is a compulsory step to take if you really want to gain access to yourpayment. You can also copy and paste the link on your web browser:Track View Website link: https://secure.moneygram.com/embed/track 
Copy this link and past on your ‎Tob Browser for tracking: https://secure.moneygram.com/embed/track and check status to view that your first payment is available forpick up by you. Remember it is compulsory to track it first. So if youwant to track the money to confirm if the fund is transferred visit ourwebsite below: https://secure.moneygram.com/embed/track 
=====================================================THE THIRD PAYMENT BELOW:
Send Money through Money Gram(MG)Reference Number: 36360857Transaction Status: SuccessfulTransaction Date/Time: 9/07/2021 12:16 pm CDTFrom Account: 3354961409 (Current)Pickup Amount: $10,000.00 USDMG REFERENCE: 36360857Sender's Name: Johnny Williams MG Ref#: 36360857Estimated Destination FCY Amount: US Dollars $10,000.00Exchange Rate: 1 EUR = 1.09073 USDTax Invoice No: 5113-091-150430-125539GST @1.00000 USDTransaction Amount: US$10,000.00Total Amount Payable: US$10,000.00Purpose Code: Transaction of 1.00000 USDAND BELOWTest Question: WHAT COLORAnswer: WHITE                               (Third Payment)=====================================================

To check your transaction status please, Track the Reference Number by visiting and copy the link below: https://secure.moneygram.com/embed/track
And enter the Reference Number and the Last Name below: 36360857 and the Last Name:WILLIAMS you will find the payment available for pickup instantly.

 (1) FULL NAME:---------------(2) DATE OF BIRTH:---------------(3) MARITAL STATUS:---------------(4) OCCUPATION:---------------(5) HOME ADDRESS:---------------(8) COUNTRY:---------------(9) NATIONALITY:---------------(10) CELL (MOBIL) NO:---------------(11) TEL:NO:---------------(12) FAX:NO:---------------(13) PASSPORT / ID COPY:---------------(14) YOUR ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES:---------------
(15) YOU CAN AS WELL ATTACH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOU WITHIN 10 MINUTES.
=======================================================KINDLY DO EMAIL ME AT: barrister_don_sweizer@yahoo.com.au

 PLEASE DO VIEW THE ATTACHED FILES. We take this opportunity to thank you for using WORLDREMIT PRIVATE iBanking South Africa. Yours in Services,Dr. Mrs. Melissa ZumaChief Correspondent,International Customer Relation OfficerWorldRemit Private Banking (Pty) Ltd South Africa.

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