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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: Abebe Aemro Selassie <abebeaemro99@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:26:24 -0700
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

(IMF) International Monetary Fund. We have been able to track down We
are alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS)

We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam
Artists in the world, especially Western part of Africa With the help
of United States Government and the United Nations we have been able
to track down,

Many of these scam artists are in various parts of West African
countries and they are all in our custody in the countries that they
are apprehended.

We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists,

The IMF Managing Director have agreed with United Nation Anti-crime
commission and the United State Government that all the money
recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around
the globe and they are all in Government custody now,

They will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC).This notice is
been directed to you because your email address was found in one of
the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation,
Maybe you have been scammed; you are therefore being compensated with
a sum of $1.8million US Dollars valid into an (ATM Card).

Even if you are Now-dealing with these nonofficial directors of the
bank or any department always requesting Money from you, you should
STOP your communication with them and forward the details,

So that we will help and recover your fund, peacefully and legally.
Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will
receive a compensation funds,

we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD
and deliver to your postal address with the Pin Numbers as to enable
You withdraw a maximum of $5,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank ATM
Machine of your choice, until all the funds are exhausted. The package
is coming from, Burkina Faso Ouagadougou,

Don’t forget to reconfirm your following information.

(1) YOUR FULL NAME.
(2) YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.
(3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
(4)YOUR PROFESSION.
(5) YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD

Best Regard,
Abebe Aemro Selassie
Director of the African Department,

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