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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: Franks Jeffrey <seniyolaomisore@gmail.com>
Reply-To: official46@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:22:09 -0400
Subject: INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER YOUR APPROVED PENDING FUND

* ( I.M.F ) Head OfficeParis Office64-66, Avenue d'lena75116 Paris,
FranceTel:+33757906502,+33757935732REF:-XVGNN82021INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER
YOUR APPROVED PENDING FUNDAttention Beneficiary,This is to inform you of
very important information which will be of great help to redeem you from
all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long
overdue payment valued at $10,000.000.00 due to excessive demand for money
from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which
your fund remains unpaid to you.I am Jeffrey Franks , a highly placed
official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to
know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the
uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier
Companies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia/London UK and we have
decided to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to handle the
transfer of your fund here in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.All Governmental
and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security
Companies, and Courier companies that have been in contact with you of late
have been instructed to back up from your transaction and you have been
advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the IMF is now directly in
charge of your payment.The most annoying thing is that the bad officials
won't tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund
to you, instead, they allow you to spend money unnecessarily, NOTE: I do
not intend to work here all the days of my life. You are to respond to this
e-mail on ( franksjeffrey1@outlook.com <franksjeffrey1@outlook.com> ) as
quickly as possible. 1. Full Name:2. Address:3. Age:4. Occupation:5.
Phone:6. Copy of your Identity CardYours sincerely,Jeffrey FranksDirector,
IMF Europe Office *

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