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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: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <westernuninonwutransfer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: internationalmonetaryfundtrans@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:08:10 -0700
Subject: Good News On Your Awaiting compensation Fund.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Following the petition i received from United Nations Human Rights
Commissions (UNHRC) and the International Arbitration panel over a
compensation of advance fee fraud and scam victims in Asia, Europe and
America. The United Nation has set up a special panel called the
(Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel) (FDRP) that comprises all the
financial monitoring and compensation body and IC3 to work out the
modalities for an amicable way of making sure that every victim of
fraud from Asia, Europe,America and other countries is duly
compensated as a pre-condition of lifting the economic sanction.

It is significant to mention that the United Nation and European Union
is aware of the situation and some funds spent by you while paying the
fee to receive your fund, Owing to this development, The World Bank
Group and IC3 Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel has resolved to pay
every victim of fraud whichever way in Africa and other part of the
countries the sum of US$2.500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) each. However on verification of the
file for approval, your email address with several others was approved
to receive the compensation through our Affiliated Bank.

I will advice you to have the listed information below send so that we
can proceed with Transfer of your compensation Fund.

Your Full Name
Your Address
Your Cell Telephone number
Your Sex
A Copy of your Identification/ Drivers License or Working ID.

Up on the receipt of the above information, you will be giving the
Bank information to contact them for the release of your Fund.

Best Regards.

Mrs Christine Lagarde.
DIRECTOR IMF UK.

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