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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=28IMF=29_Int=E2=80=99l_Fund_Management_Office?= <kledward101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officialinfo@citromail.hu
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:39:47 -0700
Subject: For your kind Attention

Hello Dear,

Re: An-unspent US$60M IMF Investment Fund:

I am the Chief Budget Officer and a senior Economic Strategist of
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PLANNING (OBP), International Monetary Fund, IMF.
However, I am reaching you on this mail not in that capacity, but in
my individual self as you will find out reading below.

Amount above is a left over and/or unspent approved and budgeted FUNDS
for various IMF administrative and capital budgets under the purview
of my office. However, due to heavy global financial red
tape/restriction over outgoing border wire transfers of
non-institutional or official lump sums, the left over fund was "KEPT"
in a [BANK SECURITY VAULT] in Europe where it would be
moved/transferred for investment Kick-Off into the custody/bank
account of an interested partner with me and one of my colleague for
Private Investment Contract PIC Boost Fund under your steer-ship and
management.

This transaction shall remain very confidential between you and us.
You will secretly keep the share/stake of our own in the investment
partnership upon its execution. In the light of this, please reply me
urgently to enable us proceed through the email address:
(officialinfo@citromail.hu). Owing to self protection, the proposer's
name will for now be anonymous until I can hear back from you and be
assured that I can trust you on your interest and confidentiality of
our partnership.

Feel at ease to request me of any additional information/clarification
regarding your partnership.

Chief Budget Officer
CC: Chief Account Officer

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