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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: bbtservices@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 18:10:38 +0100
Subject: Contact BB$T Corporation for disbursment of your approved Fund

Beneficiary Number: 100841149
(Please quote this in any future correspondence)

Dear Sir/Ma

Be informed that your fund has been retrieved back from International
Monetary Fund (IMF). This was in accordance with a Court Order that
were issued on your fund for suspected confiscation. It was later
dictated that there was fraudulent attempt by some group of suspected
fraudulent officials who was trying to use court to divert your fund
to another account. This recall is based on the reformation going on
in order of the Court.
It was detected after reconciliation of payment files which was
directed by the High Court to International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Directors and the United States Treasury Department after the
financial submit which mandated US Treasury Department to investigate
all outstanding and approved payment which is presently pending with
International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the court order.
Your fund was retrieved back based on these findings, that upon
thorough examination of inspection department records. (to ascertain
the genuineness of the chargeable claims), and to determine whether or
not the procedures of Inheritance were carried out in conformity with
the existing regulations, based on open tender policy, the following
discrepancies were duly discovered.
1. Your payment procedures were being handled in an unusual
transaction pattern, which gave the avenue for all these fallacies and
also bogus promises which is totally impossible in any part of the
world and also to use it as a blackmail means of extorting money from
you. All these made it impossible for you to receive your fund.
2. There was a large scale documentary pilferage, procedure
diversions, (using un-existing offshore payment exercise, documentary
sub-versions, procedural hijacking through fraudulent manipulations),
all meant to divert your attention by frustrating you out of patience
for possible diversion of your payment to other account.
Based on that your fund has been recalled back by the order of
the High Court / United States Treasury Department Board of Directors
for immediate re-transfer to an account that will be provided by you,
you are free to ask any question where you do not understand. The
Board of Directors of International Monetary Fund (IMF) / United
States Treasury Department has appoint BB&T Corporation to oversee and
approve every payment that will be release to any foreign
beneficiary.
So you are advise urgently to contact BB&T Corporation whom your
file has been directed to for final verification and release to your
account through their corresponding Bank, your urgent contact to BB&T
Corporation will be highly in your favor based on the finding in your
file and also an attempt by some fraudulent officials to divert your
fund.

meanwhile To request for your fund, you will need to contact BB&T
Corporation via email below ( contact@bbt.ws.gy )
with your details as listed here.

• Your full name (including middle initial, Jr., Sr., Roman numerals, etc.)
• Social Security number
• Date of birth
• Phone
• Address(es) where you have lived over the prior five years
• Proof of current address such as a current utility bill
• A photocopy of a government-issued ID card


Kind regards

Mr. Ozor Micheal
Inspection Officer
United States Treasury Department.

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