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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: amos daniel <amosdaniel414@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bernardlauwers.imf@aol.com
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 17:52:35 -0700
Subject: Attention!!!

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Dear Email Owner

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER

This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and
scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African
Unity (OAU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI, We have
been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts
of African countries and Europe, which includes (Nigeria, United
Kingdom, Spain, Ghana, Benin Republic, Cameroon and Senegal) and they
are all in Government custody now. During the course of our
investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these
scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered that the money
recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around
the World for compensation, your email address was found in one of
the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being
compensated with the sum of $1, 200,000.00 (USD) (One Million Two
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). We have arranged your payment
to be paid to you direct to your bank account in your country, To
receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to contact The
Finance Director International Monetary Fund who will transfer the
fund to your bank account from Reserve Bank. We have advised the Bank
Agent to open a private email address with a new number as to enable
us to monitor this payment and the transfer communications to avoid
further delay or misdirection of your fund

To receive your fund forward the below details to him.
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:
5. Country of Origin:
So that your funds will be transfer to you without any further delay.

Contact Person: Bernard Lauwers
(The Finance Director International Monetary Fund)
Contact Mail: (bernardlauwers.imf@aol.com)
Contact Number: +1 (205) 775-7194

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