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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: "John V Kelleher" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kelleherj1960@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 20:31:06 +0800
Subject: Fund Beneficiary

( I.M.F ) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431.

Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which

will be of a great help to redeem you from all the

difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long

over due payment, due to excessive demand for money from you

by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after

which your fund remain unpaid to you.
I am Mr. John V Kelleher, a highly placed official of the

International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to

know that reports have reached our office by so many

correspondences on the uneasy way which people like you are

treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/ Diplomat

across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk. We have decided

to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to

handle your transaction here in USA.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs,

Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier

companies which have been in contact with you of late have

been instructed to back off from your transaction and you

have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the

International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in charge

of your payment. Your name appeared in our payment schedule

list of beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this

first quarter payment of the year because we only transfer

fund twice in a year according to our banking regulation. We

apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop

communicating with any office now and attention to our office

payment accordingly.

Now your new Payment, United nation Approval No; UN5685P,

White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021,

Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674

and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code

No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433;

Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Your part payment inheritance fund is USD$10.7Million. Having

received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are

qualified now to received and confirm your payment with the

International Monetary Fund (IMF) American Region immediately

within the next 168hrs. We assure you that your payment will

get to you as long as you follow my directives and

instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE

IS: 601. Please, any time you receive a mail with the name

Mr.John Lee, check if there is CODE (601) if the code is not

written, please delete the massage from your box!

You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any

institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund

will be transferred to you directly from our source. I hope

this is clear. Any action contrary to this instruction is at

your own risk. Respond to this e-mail on

(kelleherj1960@gmail.com) with immediate effect and we shall

give you further details on how your fund will be released.

Regards,
John V Kelleher

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