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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: "Mr. John Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jmiller.imf@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:42:37 -0800
Subject: RE: 2016 PART-PAYMENT RELIEF GRANT TO ALL CONCERNED FOREIGN BENEFICIARY

FROM: John Miller

DIRECTOR PAYMENT RECONCILIATION DEPT IMF

Financial Services Regulation Committee

Date: 10/20/2016



RE: 2016 PART-PAYMENT RELIEF GRANT TO ALL CONCERNED FOREIGN BENEFICIARY




Attention Beneficiary,



This Notice is brought to you from IMF World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau, this Bureau was set up by the World Bank and IMF to discover all outstanding payment being owned to scammed Individuals all over the world through Inheritance and unclaimed Lottery payment.Based on our investigation of your payment, a man with the name (Dustin C. Meyers)Came to Our Office with an Application Stating That he is your uncle and You Gave him the Power Of Attorney to Be the Beneficiary of Your Outstanding Contract Award Funds. He Made Us To Believe That You Are Dead And That he Is Your Next Of Kin.



We Got Your Email Address And Decided To Send An Email Through This Address Hoping To Find Out If You Are Dead Or Alive And Also To Find Out If You At Any Time Gave This man The Power Of Attorney To Receive Your fund Or Represent You Please Let Us Know Also If You Are Aware That We Are Almost Ready To Deliver Part Payment Of $ 2.5M Of Your Outstanding

Awards Funds To the Address Stated Below:

Address: 1630 Dog Hill Lane Junction City, KS 66441

City: Junction City

State: Kansas

Date of Birth: July 6, 1975 (39 years old)

Country: United States

Beneficiary: Dustin C. Meyers

You can Contact the FBI Cyber Service as to this regards so you can be sure this is real and legit by emailing directly to them on: fbi.assistunit@cyberservices.com



You are advised to urgently confirm to this office with the information as requested below so that we will be able to process the final release of your fund to your respected account in your Country accordingly to avoid false claim.



Your Full Names:

Your Home Address:

Your Home Telephone:

Your Mobile Phone:

Your Age and Sex:

Occupation:

Any Form of identification:

Your Alternative E-mail Address:



We look forward to your urgent confirmation.



Yours faithfully,



FROM: John Miller

Tel#: (650) 561-6139

Email: jmiller.imf@gmail.com

DIRECTOR PAYMENT RECONCILIATION DEPT IMF

Financial Services Regulation Committee

FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION COMMITTEE

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