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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: "kima carlos" <kimmaacarlossss@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: financialmonitoringunit@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:25:24 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE FROM DR KIMA CARLOS.DIRECTOR FIMU


Dear Sir,
I write to notify you that your payment Contract has of $15.5M been
approvedfor a transfer through ATM DEBIT CARD, and your name has been
regsitered among the contractorfrom next week payment.Following the new
Mandate of the Senate Committee panel headed by the newSenate President over
Foreign Payment and Debt reconciliation 2008.

Meanwhile you are hereby to re-confirm the followings:
Full Name
Valid Contact Address
Your Phone Number

When all this details are received from you today then your transferwill be
immediately be credited into your account and you will beforwarded a copy of
the approval letter and a telex reportfor the payment which you are to take
to your bank for confirmation of the transfer thereafter you can make
withdraw.

Moreover every statutory obligation has been ascertained forimmediate
release of the payment to you but it has to be after theclearance is done
then the approval will granted to you and your fundswill be credited to you.

I wait to receive details from you.
Have a nice day.
Dr Kima Carlos,
Director Financial Intelligence Monitoring Unit.

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