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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. Ariel Stonehouse" <info@imffund.co>
Reply-To: arielstonohouse@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:26:21 -0800
Subject: ABOUT YOUR MONEY IMF LAST NOTICE


INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF).
Head Office Department in Republic Du Benin
Legislative Quarters Rue 1458 Port Novo.

Greetings from the I.M.F Office,

A power of attorney was forwarded to our office this morning by one gentle =
man and he is a citizen of united state of America and his name is Mr. Cede=
no A. Pedro

This man claimed to be your representative and this power of attorney state=
d that you are dead after brief illness and he brought account to replace y=
our information in other to claim your fund of $5.5 million us dollars whic=
h is now lying dormant and unclaimed, below is the new account he have subm=
itted:

Bank: CitiBank
Account# / 6567809428.
Routing/122006756,
Address 1076 Peter Johnson Road
New York, USA,

Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffer=
ed and died of a throat cancer. You are therefore given 7days to confirm th=
e truth in this information, if you are still alive, you are to contact us =
back immediately, because we work 24 hrs just to ensure that we monitor all=
the activities going on in regards to the transfer of beneficiary=E2=80=99=
s inheritance and contract payment.

You are to call this office immediately for clarifications on this matter a=
s we shall be available 24 hrs to speak with you and give you the necessary=
guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is wired to you immediately =
and also be inform that any further delay from your side could be dangerous=
, as we would not be held responsible for any wrong payment. Contact us as =
soon as possible if you are truly alive as we have his identification and r=
esidence he provides for us to wired the payment to him.

Note: we want you to re-confirm your personal information below with the fe=
e of $195 (One Hundred and Ninety Five Dollars) to enable us renew and upda=
te your file before we will take next step and make sure that you receive y=
our fund this week without no problem okay.

Full Name:
Country/State:
Delivery Address:
Occupation:
Sex:
Age:
Telephone Number:


You are required to use this below information by send the fee of $195 doll=
ars needed to update your payment file, before we can take step and make su=
re that you receive your fund this week without any hitch.

We are anticipating on your cooperation as soon as you receive this message.

Best Regards,

Mr. Ariel Stonehouse


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