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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: Yahoo Microsoft Aaward <ymoslba@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 19:41:10 +0200
Subject: COVID-19 ALLEVIATION STIMULUS PROGRAM [ International Monetary Fund ]

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,

1775 K ST NW # 400,

NEW YORK 20006-1500,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

TEL/FAX: +1 202-623-7100



Attention: Sir/Madam



This is to inform you that you have been allocated USD$3, 000, 000, 00
(Three Million Dollars Only) from the COVID-19 Alleviation program
organized by the above and the world health organization in conjunction
with Microsoft under the auspices of the United Nations Organization. This
is to help to alleviate the financial problem caused by the corona virus
[covid-19] pandemic.



The program was based on the random selection of millions of emails from
the internet of which your email address happened to fall within the
selected few. All selected individuals shall be paid in accordance with
his/her payment center. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH
NUMBER: IMF/19/WHO-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER: 2021234522, PIN: 1208. As part
of our security protocol you are to quote the identification numbers to
avoid double claiming and to prevent scam. Your payment falls under South
Africa. You are therefore requested to make contact *Paul Alexander*, our
international accredited fiduciary with the email address:
*paulalexander.consult.esq@gmail.com
<paulalexander.consult.esq@gmail.com>**,* with the following information
for claim:



1 Full Names 2 Contact
Address:

3 Telephone/Fax Number: 4 Marital Status:

5 Occupation: 6 Date of
birth:

7 Country of origin: .8 Sex:

9 Batch Number: 10 Reference
Number:

11 Pin Number:



Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions.

Yours in Services.



Mr. Edward C. Anderson { Public information officer}

International Monetary Fund





* This message is confidential and for use by the address only. The
content is not to be disclosed to anyone other*

* Than the addressed.Please advise the sender by telephone of any error in
the transmission*

* IMF Headquarter Geneva *

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