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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: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ipayment223@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:09:53 +0100
Subject: RE:HELLO

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON , D.C.,
UNITED STATES.

Urgent Attention,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is CHRISTINE LAGARDE, Chairman International Monetary Fund (IMF). Our team of experts were delegated to Africa for this task and we discovered your File NO: BR227/9005666/00 as unclaimed fund. The United States Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of illegal transactions and we will be working under a legitimate arrangement to ensure that you follow the normal process to receive your fund Fifteen Million Dollars ($15M) as part of your compensation from United Nations .

Following series of complains from Citizens which has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their Winning or Inheritance funds from most African Countries due to illegal activities, A decision was reached recently by the United States Treasury Department under the authority of the White House to compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release all funds that are trapped in most Banks in Africa. It was discovered that your representative in Ghana claimed that you are dead so that they will fraudulently divert those funds to their private accounts. Please confirm if you are dead or alive to avoid payment to wrong person.

Consequent upon the aforementioned You are requested to Re-confirm the following information to John Duggan by e-mail:

1. SURNAME.........................
2. OTHER NAMES......................
3. PHONE NUMBER ................
4. ADDRESS..........................
5. AMOUNT: $15.500,000.00 USD

We shall ensure that normal process is followed to ensure that your fund gets to you without delay. Contact John Duggan who is Bank Director. e-Mail below: ipayment223@gmail.com . urgent attention Call John Duggan on this phone: +233267816195

Warm Regards
Mrs.Christine Lagarde
IMF CHAIRMAN.

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