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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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Fraud email example:

From: lj998308@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:47:26 +0000
Subject: SHIPMENT CODE GJK72DWQ

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNZ6l-vEHpV_AlbrfbCvLzWbfXZQUFV9nQSi-MSuAsTwxIyA/viewform?vc
Attn Beneficiary,The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization
of 186 countries, 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.your Beneficiary Funds of $5.5 million was issued out from Bank last
week each autumn, the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and
International Monetary Fund (IMF) hold their Annual Meetings to discuss a
range of issues related to poverty reduction, international economic
development and finance. The Annual Meetings provide a forum for
international cooperation and enable the Bank and Fund to better serve
their member countries. As one of the outcomes of the 2019 Spring Meetings
of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group held in Tokyo
on August 9th-14th, 2019, it was decided that the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) will monitor the payment of funds currently floating in the
international financial database.

Consequently, we write to notify you that you are among those that have a
huge sum of money accredited in their names for transfer and is currently
floating in the international banking community. These funds originated
from unpaid contractor sum, inheritance / next of kin and lottery
beneficiaries that originated from Europe, Asia, Plus the Middle east,
American and Africa. You are among the list of individuals and companies
whose unpaid funds have been approved for payment.

Under the stipulated guidelines of the United Nations Economic and Social
Council, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other member countries of
the United Nations, any amount of money that has been found in the
international financial database awaiting to be transferred without claims
after the submission of every payment report shall be confiscated and
forfeited to the United Nations account.

We do hereby ask you to contact this office immediately upon receiving this
notification to enable us to advise you on how to make your claim or
consider your fund confiscated. Remember to send your current direct phone
number for easy communication.

However, you are required to furnish us with the under listed information
for final verification of your payment file and make sure you attach a copy
of your valid Id (Drivers License or International Passport) as they are
important for the processing of your payment. The information required are;

(1) Name of Beneficiary:
(2) Address:
(3) Country of Residence:
(4) Nationality:
(5) Occupation
(6) Telephone:
(7) Fax:
(8) Email:
(9) Amount Expected:
( 10) Do you have any crime record ?:
(11) If yes, please explain:
Make sure you attach a copy of your valid Id as it is very important for
verification and processing of your payment.

SHIPMENT CODE GJK72DWQ
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO OVX950.
SECURITY CODE EYTU/3055WEZ/263/
TRANSACTION CODE 7126/JLFS/7138/17305/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE MCBS/PQLE/2-6/41

Yours faithfully

Mr. Tobias Adrian
Financial Counselor and Director
of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department,
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Tel / Fax +1 (346) 762 4396
Email.marvinwebb798@gmail.com


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