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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: IMF <rejoicedominic562@gmail.com>
Reply-To: georgieva.managingdirector@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:11:46 +0100
Subject: -- Dear Sir/Ma, This is to inform you of a very important information
which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you
have been


--

*Dear Sir/Ma,*

*This is to inform 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 overdue 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 Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director (MD) 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(s) across Europe to Africa and Asia London UK, and we have*
*decided to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to*
*handle your transaction here in Washington, DC 20431, USA.*

*All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGO's, Finance*
*Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Diplomat(s) 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 I.M.F Head Office is now directly in charge of your payment*
*$15,000,000.00 USD (Fifteen Million United State Dollars)*

*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.*

*kindly send the follow details for the release of your fund to you okay*

*1.YOUR FULL NAME…*
*2.YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER…*
*3.YOUR OFFICE NUMBER…*
*4.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND YOUR ATM CARD…*
*5.(P.O BOX NUMBER/ADDRESS)…*
*6.YOUR AGE/GENDER…*
*7.YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION…*


*Yours Faithfully,*
*Regards,*

*Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva*
*Managing Director (MD)*
*I.M.F Head Office*

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