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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: Ms.Christine Lagarde@info.org
Reply-To: lawyerjamescormy012@outlook.com
Date: 20 Jul 2019 05:43:08 -0500
Subject: COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$15,000,000.00

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
Address: 700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20431, USA
 
 

COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$15,000,000.00

 
 
It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our
logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by
you during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some
imposters who claim to be staff in banks and other regional
payment centres.Our reconciliation teams with the prospectus
instrument of the United Nations after freezing suspected
imposters account. This support was fully effective with the help
of World Bank after a summit meeting in United States, on the
financial analysis on financial stability
issues fluctuating their economy with the international global
standard.
 

 
After gathering of this sum, our logistic department gave us a
list of beneficiary to be paid who fall victims to this imposters
due to unawareness. And mode of payment was as well specified for
proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against
criminality during process of payment.
 

 
We have arranged your payment through our swift card centres,
which is the latest instruction from International Monetary Fund
Reconciliation Office. The card centre will send you an ATM Debit
card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM Centre,
Banks and Union Pay Credit outlets in the world, You are hereby
selected as an honer for this payment approval, which you are to
acknowledge the receipt of this mail in returning the required
below to the Logistic Department by email listed below.

 
Office of Reconciliation and Logistics Vaults, International
Monetary Fund (IMF).
 
Contact Manager: Law James Cormy.
Email: (lawyerjamescormy012@outlook.com)

1. Full Name
2. Phone and Fax Number
3. Your age and Current Occupation
4. Contact Address where you want your ATM Card to be delivered
to (P.O Box Not Acceptable)

 
For your information, you have to stop any further communication
with any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in
receiving your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby issued
you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-0147) so you have to
indicate this code when contacting the Card centre by using it as
your subject.
 

Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost
arising for the delivery of the donation parcel.This is due to
Legal law protecting all donation funds misappropriation.
 


 
Yours in Service,

Ms. Christine Lagarde
Deputy Managing Director Of The
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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