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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: United Nation <keanu2944@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrgabrelpatricks@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:44:04 -0700
Subject: Good Day,

( I.M.F ) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington,
DC 20431, USA.
REF:-XVGNN82018

Find below is my WHATSAAP NUMBER:+1(251)317-7594
YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON WHATSAAP OKAY.

Attention; Fund Beneficiary,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be
of a great help to redeem you from all the
difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due
payment, due to excessive demand for money from you
by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your
fund remain unpaid to you. I am Ms. Kristalina
Georgieva, a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF). It may interest you to know that reports
have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way
which people like you are treated by Various Banks
and Courier Companies/Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia
/London Uk. We have decided to put a stop to that.
All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance
Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies
which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to
back off from your transaction and you have been
advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in charge of your
payment. Your name appeared in our payment schedule list of
beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this first
quarter payment of the year because we only transfer fund twice in a
year according to our banking regulation. We
apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating
with any office now and attention to our office
payment accordingly.
Now your new Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House
Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021,
Allocation No: 674632, Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and
your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released
Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret
Code No: XXTN013.
Your payment inheritance fund is USD$10.7Million. Having received
these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified
now to received and confirm your payment with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) immediately. We assure you that your
payment will get to you as long as you follow my directives and
instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE
IS: 047. Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Christine
Laggard,, check if there is CODE (047) if the code is
not written, please delete the massage from your box!
You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any
institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will
be transferred to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear.
Any action contrary to this instruction is at your
own risk. Respond to this e-mail on: (mrgabrelpatricks@gmail.com)
with immediate effect and we shall give you
further details on how your fund will be released.

Mr Gabriel Patrick,
Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund. (I.M.F)(047)

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