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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <bernardjones961@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fw10001@aol.com
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 12:17:38 +0530
Subject: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
NOTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
DEPT: WORLD DEBT RECONCILIATION AGENCIES.
ADVISE: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
Good Day
I'm directed to contact you by the (WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND)to urgently confirm from you if you actually know one
Mrs Shelly Gligor and COLLEAGUES who claim to be your business
associate/ partner in your country.Mrs Shelly Gligor is claiming to us
that you are dead and she will like to change all the Information that
you gave to us as our bonafide beneficiary. Below is the new banking
information were she wish to have this funds transferred to:-
Bank of America
4000 Garth Road Bay town TX 77521
ABA: 026009500 (International)
ACCT. #:003042656666
ACCT: Name: NEO
Investments Inc.
Signatory: Shelly Gligor
This development is coming up now that the Ministry want to offset all
your outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries
around the world in which your payment file was also approved for
release. As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a totalm
sum of $1.8 Million U.S Dollars. We need to confirm from you if it's
really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from you it
automatically means that you are actually dead and the information
passed to us by Mrs Shelly Gligor and Paul Harris are correct.You are
to contact me as soon as you receive this message so as to know the
true position of things with you so that we would not make any mistake
in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person/account.
Your urgent response will help our management alot. Do email me with
your details.
1.Full names
2.Your age
3.occupation
4.Direct Cell Number for an easy communication to this effect.
Regards
Mr. Freeman White.
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