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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.Christine Lagarde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daniel.frank73@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:47:13 -0700
Subject: From: Mrs.Christine Lagarde.

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Hello Beneficiary,


We bring to the notice of the general public that several
variants of financial scam letters purporting to be sanctioned by the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) or authored by high ranking IMF officials
are currently in circulation, and may appear on official letterhead
containing the IMF logo. The scam letters instruct potential victims to
contact the IMF for issuance of a "Certificate of International Capital
Transfer" or other forms of approval, to enable them receives large sums of
monies as beneficiaries. The contact e-mail information is always BOGUS and
unsuspecting individuals are then requested to send their personal banking
details which the scammers utilize for their fraudulent activities.



Contrary to what is stated in these scam e-mails, letters, or phone
conversations, the IMF does NOT authorize, verify, monitor, or assist in
contract or inheritance payments between third parties and/or Governments,
nor does it endorse the activities of any bank, financial institution, or
other public agency. For purposes of clarification, the IMF is an
inter-governmental organization whose transactions and operations are
carried out directly with its member countries.



If you have already received such e-mails, you are advised to terminate all
further contacts with the scammers, and in the event of which you Might have sent them
funds, you can contact Barrister Ruben Daniel to assist you and have all complains
filed/forwarded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC. in Nigeria.



We the International Monetary Fund (IMF) apologize for all lose and with the help of the Nigeria government, we
where able to recover so much money from the scammers spoiling the Nigeria from BENIN, so much money was generated from this scammers which is why we are
compensating you with the token payment of $2.500.000 US dollars, from the Nigeria government. To receive this payment, you are advised to contact out IMF
officer Barrister Ruben Daniel. To assist you with the receiving of your compensation
payment,



Note: To receive your compensation payment, You can come down to our office at 9 Hon. Justice Mohammed Bello St. Asokoro Abuja Nigeria, or you can have an online banking account created by following directions from barrister Ruben Daniel which cost a refundable fee of $350 for the activation of the online banking to be setup to your name in Nigeria which is to receive your
compensation payment before it is transferred to your personal bank at your
country, to proceed, kindly contact Barrister Ruben Daniel with your
information needed below.



1. Full Name ..................................
2. Sex ................................
3. Residential Address .............................
4. Fax/ Phone Number ............................
5. Country ......................
6. Photo of Identity card .................



kindly reconfirm the above information, it's for the benefit of your
transaction.



Contact Name: Barrister Ruben Daniel
Email: daniel.frank73@yahoo.com


Best Regards.
International Monetary Fund.
Mrs.Christine Lagarde

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