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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: Mrs.Kristalina <info@dree.com>
Reply-To: <secretaryoffice2020@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 11:18:55 -0700
Subject: YOUR UNCLAIMED CARD.

YOUR UNCLAIMED ATM CARD!!!

This letter is from The IMF Committee on Fund Management and Payment newly inaugurated by the World Financial Services Authority of The
United Nations.
This committee was set up to discover all outstanding unpaid/unclaimed ATM CARD being owned by Governments or Individuals all over the globe
through Contract Payment/Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.
Through our investigation last week, it may interest you to know that we discovered an unclaimed ATM CARD in your favor and we have been
mandated to ensure that this ATM CARD gets to you without any delay.
You are therefore to reconfirm your full information to enable the delivery of your ATM CARD to your designated home address.

your full name
your home address
your nationality
your direct phone number
valid ID Card

Please you are to contact the diplomat for your UNCLAIMED ATM CARD value the sum of $7.8 Million USD with the below info,
Agent Name: Anthoney Ben
Email address: secretaryoffice2020@protonmail.com

Yours sincerely
Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva

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