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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 Gerogieva <paulkenet08@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kristalinageorgieva25@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:22:51 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

This is Mrs Kristalina Georgieva....Managing director, (I.M.F). I'm a
highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F).

Note. Due to the global financial crisis rocking the American's,
Africa, Asian and European Countries, we the (I.M.F) International
Monetary Fund conducted an investigation at the Western Union
Headquarters and the Money Gram Headquarters in America with the
assistance of the United States FBI and the CIA. We wish to inform you
that during our investigation process at the Western Union
Headquarters and the Money Gram Headquarters, your name was found
among the scam victims that sent out money through western union to
other countries without receiving anything in return rather all you
got was a empty promises of your funds release.

So therefore, the World Bank has approved the total sum of
$6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
) only to your name and the approved fund is ready for immediate
payout to you as a compensation, but you will have to pay $510 for
CLAIMS AFFIDAVIT and also for IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT CLEARANCE papers, so
the total amount you are to pay is $510 only, and that is the only fee
requested and your compensation funds would be release to you with
immediate effect. Note among the 35 scam victims that was approved to
receive the compensation funds, 19 scam victims has been paid
$6,500,000.00usd each and you are the next victims to be paid on the
list.

But surprisingly yesterday, we received a message from a man who
identify himself as Mr. Patrick Edward, he claims to be your cousin,
and he told us that you are dead, and he wants the approved
compensation fund to be release into his personal bank account stated
below and Mr. Patrick Edwards also agreed to pay the $510 requested
for the CLAIMS AFFIDAVIT and the IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT CLEARANCE papers
of your compensation fund.

But due to our intelligence and experiences, we dishonor Mr. Patrick
Edward request, because we need to be 100% sure that you are dead
before we can proceed on releasing the funds into Mr Patrick's bank
account stated above, so whereby send you this message to confirm if
truly you are dead or alive, and your failure to respond back to this
message within the next 48hours will leave us with no doubt but to
believe that you are dead according to Mr. Patrick Edward and we will
go ahead with the fund release to Mr. Patrick Edward account after the
receipt of the $ 510 payment from him, but if you are still alive and
you receive this message, quickly get back to me immediately .

For security reasons endeavor to indicate this ( CODE NUMBER ) (
XB/KJL141112) this code shows that you are the rightful owner of the
fund $6,500,000.00 million.You are advised to respond back with the
details required below.


Your Full Name:.............
Home Address:..................
Office Address:..................
Direct Telephone Number:..........
Age:.........................
Occupation:..................

Best Regard
Ms kristalina Gerogieva.. Managing Director, IMF.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

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