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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: Robert Powell <oinfo474@gmail.com>
Reply-To: qewtoyunxvd@aliyun.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 11:33:56 -0400
Subject: Attention; Fund Beneficiary, I.M.F Head Office.

* I.M.F Head OfficeSenior Resident Representative1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington,DC 20431, USA.REF:-XVGNN82020Attention; Fund Beneficiary,This is
to intimate you of a very important information which will beof a great
help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have beenexperiencing in
getting your long overdue payment, due to excessivedemand for money from
you by both corrupt Bank officials and CourierCompanies after which your
fund remains unpaid to you. I am RobertPowell, a highly placed official of
the International Monetary Fund(IMF). It may interest you to know that
reports have reached ouroffice by so many correspondences on the uneasy way
which people likeyou are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/
Diplomatacross Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk. We have decided to put
astop to that.All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs,
FinanceCompanies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which
havebeen in contact with you of late have been instructed to back off
fromyour transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to
themanymore since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly
incharge of your payment. Your name appeared in our payment schedulelist of
beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this firstquarter payment of
the year because we only transfer fund twice in ayear according to our
banking regulation. We apologize for the delayof your payment and please
stop communicating with any office now andattention to our office payment
accordingly.Now your new Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White
HouseApproved No: WH44CV,Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No:
674632Password No:339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of
MeritPayment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF)
Telexconfirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013.Your payment
inheritance fund is USD$10.7 Million. Having receivedthese vital payment
numbers, therefore you are qualified now toreceive and confirm your payment
with the International Monetary Fund(IMF) immediately. We assure you that
your payment will get to you aslong as you follow my directives and
instructions. We have decided togive you a CODE, THE CODE IS: 579.Please,
any time you receive a mailwith the name Robert Powell, check if there is
CODE (579) if the codeis not written, please delete the message from your
box!You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to anyinstitutions
with respect to your transaction as your fund will betransferred to you
directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Anyaction contrary to this
instruction is at your own risk. Respond tothise-mail on: (*
*qewtoyunxvd@aliyun.com*



*) with immediate effect and we shallgive you further details on how your
fund will be released.Regards,Robert Powell (I.M.F)*

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