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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)" <christopherbabaukobere@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

--
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an agency of the United
Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in
Washington, D.C., Its stated mission is "working to foster global
monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate
international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic
growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
This empowerment and support programmed also serve as a means to
compensate everyone for their lost, But I want to let you know that we
received another email few days ago from a young man called, James
Anderson, he said that you got involved in an accident and died in the
hospital and
Gave him the power of attorney to inherit your funds worth the sum of
($5,500,000.00) five million five hundred thousand united state
dollars, that has been in our custody for the pass 2month's ago due
for unpaid inspection fee, And he said he is ready to pay all the
inspected
fee. so that we will hand over the funds to him. But we need a
confirmation to this and if we do not hear from you within 2days, we
are going to take a action by handing the funds over to him , please
if you are alive kindly stat out your full information such as
HOME address______________

Full name ________________

Your gender_______________

Date of birth_____________

Your country______________

Your state ________City____

ID card photo_

Your occupation___________

Your phone number_________
On receipt of this enrolment form ,Kindly submit the above- required
enrollment form reaching the below contact Email,
redacted@domain.name) thank you for your
understanding, may the peace of the Lord be with you
you are receiving this text from the International monetary fund (IMF)
at (HQ1) 700 19th St N.W, Washington, DC 20431, United state's. .

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