419 scam: INTERNATIONAL MONITORING NETWORK SYSTEM <internationalmonitoringn@gmail.com> Congratulations on your lottery winning prize

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- bryan_bouchet@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: INTERNATIONAL MONITORING NETWORK SYSTEM <internationalmonitoringn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 02:21:12 -0500
Subject: Congratulations on your lottery winning prize

ATTENTION:

This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you that
we have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was
issued to you by an International Lottery Company(Lottoland). With the help
of our newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network System)
we discovered that your e-mail address was automatically selected by an
Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the sum of â‚¬1.4million
Euros from a Lottery Company(Lottoland) outside the United States of
America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the
money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning
to be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.

Your email ID won during the Mega Millions International Lottery,
Megamillions, Monthly Play, Thunder ball, Hot picks which is an internet
giveaway program whereby email addresses extracted from the internet, and
the winners selected from a ballot draw.

Note, that tickets are not sold anywhere for this program; hence, your
e-mail address subsequently won you in the 3rd category, i.e. match five
plus bonus.
You have been approved for over two months to claim a total sum â‚¬1.4million
Euros, credited to file GOLDEN/9GM/EA2948-910.

Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company
on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the
world winded, so as to enable you cash the cheque instantly without any
delay, henceforth the stated amount of â‚¬1.4million Euros has been deposited
with IMF.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive
the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and
100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF
you will be required to contact directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of
this transaction whom is located in Burkina Faso In order to proceed with
this transaction. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact
information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Bryan Bouchet
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS (bryan_bouchet@yahoo.com)
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE
COUNTRY:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR ID CARD:

in order to immediately ship your prize of â‚¬1.4million Euros via
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the following
transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction
: GOLDEN/9GM/EA2948-910. This letter will serve as proof that the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation has authorized you for this payment.

Congratulations to all lucky winners

Yours Faithful
Dr.Kim Yoon
Secretary

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