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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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Fraud email example:

From: "International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.) INDIA" <mradebayomaxwell@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 02:26:49 +0530
Subject: RELEASE OF YOUR $10 000 000 USD (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)

*Dr Murphy Japhet - I.M.F Regional officer (New Delhi India)Executive
Controller and Debt Reconciliation in South AsiaSuite 121, Taj Palace
HotelNew Delhi, 110021, India. RELEASE OF YOUR $10 000 000 USD (TEN
MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)--------------------------------------------------------------------It
has come to our notice in our Headquarters building (I.M.F) Washington D.C,
U.S.A that your impending funds, which was intercepted has not been
released to you; we noticed that you made several attempt to transfer your
funds but to no avail. Our investigation continued to the Asian, Middle
east, European and United State Department of the International Monetary
Fund (I.M.F. The monitoring team gave an unsatisfactory report to your
transaction; hence the chairman is presently under investigation for
conspiracy with your representative with intensions to divert your
funds. We have the absolute right and authority to pay any funds emanating
as a proceed of loan, Inheritance, Contract payment, Business
representative, Bogus cheque, Lottery and ATM Card transactions. You are
advised to desist from contacting anyone including your agent or
representative in this regard because International Monetary Fund has taken
full responsibility to transfer your fund to you. Respond to this mail by
re-confirming the information below. Full name:Telephone no:Fax
no:Age:Country:Home address:Office address:Occupation:Marital status:You
are further advised to keep your payment confidential to yourself alone to
avoid double claim into your transaction. REPLY TO OUR OFFICIAL EMAIL:
info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com <info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com>Yours Faithfully,Dr.
Murphy JaphetDebt Reconciliation and Executive ControllerI.M.F Regional
Office (South Asia)info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com <info.imfsouthasia@zoho.com>*
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