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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 James Wilson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drjameswilson30@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:10:49 -0400
Subject: International Monetary Fund Unit.

Attn:Sir/Madam,
We are writing to inform you that after the meeting held with the united nations, and the African union leaders, regarding contract and inheritance fund, we have come to a conclusion that all the fraud victims all over the world will receive the sum of 5.8 million dollars, via our payment center in Europe, and Asia or through our paying bank in Dubai, where the beneficiary can afford to travel to.

However, we got information that you have been trying to receive your payment for a long time from Nigeria, and some other Africa countries, we want to inform you that you need to stop any further dealings with anybody in the Africa in respect of your payment, the IMF have concluded all the arrangement with the united nations, that your fund will be paid via wire transfer if you can not afford to travel to our payment offshore centers.

Therefore, we need to hear from you also we need to know the method of payment you wish, in other to receive your compensation payment from the IMF.

Finally, for us to proceed further with you, you need to reconfirm to our office the following information:

Your full name:
Address:
Occupation:
Phone/fax:
Age:
sex:
Marital status:
Banking Details:

We Await your urgent response.

Dr James Wilson
Executive Directors (IMF)
International Monetary Fund Unit.
London. Tel. +447045708864.

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