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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: "MR. CHARLES BEN" <oo3517007@gmail.com>
Reply-To: office235389@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 03:36:50 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,

International Monetary Fund
700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431
Senior Human Rights Officer and international payment department

We have been informed by the (Au) summit headquarters and the Paris
Club to release your compensation fund ($10.5m) held for heavy taxes
hence we are contacting you. You are to pay only the sum of $50 flat
rate as payment logistic charge, Contact the undersigned for further
clarifications on the above subject matter, Thanks

Mr. Charles Ben.
Foreign Operation Dpt
Email: office235389@gmail.com
Phone Number(Call or Text) +1(815)916-9523

Julian Hanson
USA Representative
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC FORUM.

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