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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.faustinamoussou@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: IMF Notification <tima772017@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.faustinamoussou@aol.com
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:37:55 +0100
Subject: Notification from IMF!

IMF COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD.

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), United Nations (UN), European
Union (EU) and FBI.

We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of
African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana
and Senegal with cote d'ivoire ) and they are all in Government
custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC)
soon for Justice.

During the course of investigation, we were able to recover some funds
from these scam artists and IMF Organization have ordered the funds
recovered to be shared among the 10 Lucky people listed around the
World as a compensation. This notice is been directed to you because
your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and
computer hard-disk during the investigation, maybe you have been
scammed before.
You are therefore being compensated with sum of $750.000 dollars valid
into an (ATM Card ).

Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will
receive a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be made
through ATM VISA CARD and deliver to your postal address as to enable
you withdraw a maximum of $5,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank ATM
Machine of your choice until all the funds are exhausted.

The ATM Card with Security Pin Numbers shall be delivered to you using
Express Mail Service .

The package will be coming from Regional office of the IMF.
Resident Representative.

Contact person: Mr.Faustin Amoussou
Email: ( mr.faustinamoussou@aol.com )

Don't forget to reconfirm your following information.

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You want us to Send Your ATM Card
3. Cell/Mobile Number:

We advice you to stop all the communications with everyone regarding
your payment as we have short listed to deliver to you and now urge
you to comply and receive your ATM Card funds.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions.

Yours in Services
IMF.

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