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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "I.M.F" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uba-consultant@post.cz>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:29:20 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE
I am Mrs Christine Lagarde director of the International Monitory Fund
(IMF),Please we are contacting you and many other people of the United
States of America to advise and to also warn every body in America to
stop responding to some bogus scam emails from Africa and many other
parts of the world who are using one or the other to steal money from
the innocent citizens of the United State of America ,The government
of the United states of America is not happy with the way people are
being scammed daily so as a result of this.
Meanwhile the America government have instructed International
Monitory Fund to intervene and retrieve all the overdue fund belonging
to all Americans therefore the IMF have received all the fund
belonging to the America in which your names are among the
beneficiaries and we have deposited it with the Bank of America,All
you need to do is to respond to this mail immediately so that we can
direct you to the department in bank of America where your fund is
lodged.
Kindly reconfirm to us the following details of yours.
1) Your Full House Address
2) Your Full Names
3) Your Age
4) Your Occupation
5) Your cell phone number
Please be informed that we already have your details here in our
office but we need to reconfirm it to ensure that we have contacted
the right person and also note that in case the IMF did not hear from
you today that shows we have contacted the wrong person and your names
shall be removed from the list of the beneficiaries.
BEST REGARDS
Mrs Christine Lagarde
Director International Monitory Fun
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