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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: "Mrs Francin Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chico.ibe@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:42:32 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION YOUR $7000 USD PAYMENT

Attention,Dear Owner Email

The International Monetary Fund IMF and United Nation instructed us to send you the sum of $3,500,000 million USD your compensation fund winning and Your $7000 Dollar Has Already Been Sent To You As First Payment collection of which you will be recovering every day until the total amount is completely transfer to you

This is the final notice you are going to receive from this office,do you get me?I hope you understand how many times this message has been sent to you.Contacting the Money Gram Head Office for the 1 Digit number to pick up $7000 dollar Which have been sent to you today.please act fast by sending your full information below to pick up your first $7000 without delay.

HERE IS THE Available Reference Number for pick up by receiver BELOW:

Sender name==Francin Brown
Question===What Color
Answer:====blue
Amount===$5000 Dollar
Ref# Number===6227224*

Name: REV TONY MIKE
TEL: +22968721040
E-mail: Address..(( w.office41@kimo.com ))

HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU WILL USE TO SEND THE FEE TODAY

Receiver Name:....
Your Country:......
Your Telephone......
Your Address......

As result of the information we got i told them to wait until I hear from you today to know if you are still interested to receive this fund lets release your full Reference Number of your $7000 dollar installment once we confirm your address as soon as you receive this message.So if you are interested on your fund response for your Payment Contact Agent.

Thanks
Mrs Francin Brown

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