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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: "Payment Reconciliation Center." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fundtransferdept86@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 01:58:03 -0700
Subject: Payment Reconciliation Center.

Payment Reconciliation Center.
Office of The IMF
USA.

Date: 2018 First Quarter

Attention:

Good Morning to you

This is Mr. Giacomo De Giorgi. I write in respect to the fund awarded
to you since 2008 valued $4,150,567.00 (Four million, one hundred and
fifty thousand five hundred and sixty seven dollars) been inheritance
fund

Until this day i am yet to confirm successful setup of
the lucrative business after receiving your fund.
This is a routine check carried out by the IMF after years of award and release of fund.

Kindly reconfirm to me successful receive of the fund and brief
details of how far you have gone with your establishment and the
value as of date.
It is very urgent for record keeping and if you have not
received your fund valued $4,150,567.00, quickly get back to me on this
(fundtransferdept86@gmail.com) without delay

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Giacomo De Giorgi
fundtransferdept86@gmail.com

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