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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: KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA <omorholle@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.tonyelumelu500@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 10:57:05 +0200
Subject: good morning


*Welcome to the official e-mail of the I.M.F. MRS. DIRECTOR. KRISTALINA
GEORGIEVA. OUR REPORT: TBU (UBA BANK FOR AFRICA) E-mail address:
(mr.tonyelumelu500@gmail.com <mr.tonyelumelu500@gmail.com>)Attention: Dear
Email owner !I am Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva, Director and President (IMF)
of Akodessewa-Togo. We would like to inform you that the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC, USA visited our country to study the
investigation of online fraud; You have received this information today
because your email address was found in the list of victims of fraud in
this country.Additional information (IMF), Washington, DC. compensates all
countries that were fraudsters in our country, and your email address was
found in these lists of victims. So! Our bank has entrusted (IMF) the
transfer of your compensation fund using ATM CARD or WIRE TRANSFER
methods.However, we have decided to transfer this fund to your account in
the amount of $1,500,000.00 (One million five hundred thousand dollars)
using an ATM card. We will not be able to make this payment using only your
email address; so we need your information as;(1) Your full name:
......................................(2) Your home address:
..............................(3) Your country:
.........................................(4) Your direct phone number:
................(5) Postal code:...............................(6)Phone
number:………………………………..Please send your above information immediately because
your ATM Card is ready to be delivered, Now contact the Director of UBA
Bank, whose name is Mr. Tony Elumelu, e-mail: (mr.tonyelumelu500@gmail.com
<mr.tonyelumelu500@gmail.com>),send him the following information to
deliver your accredited ATM card.Opening hours Monday to Friday: 07:45 to
17:00 Saturday 9:00 - 13:00With best regardsMRS. KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA(IMF)
President.*

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