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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: "Mrs. Kristalina" <unitedbankforafirca000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.tonyelumelu64@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:55:39 +0000
Subject: RE

*INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) International Debt Settlement Unit, #
1900, PRESIDENT AV.DU REF: -XVGNN82022 Dear Beneficiary!In fact, we have
been authorized by the newly appointed Minister of Finance And the
governing body of the United Nations Monetary Unit to investigate
unclaimed funds that are long due in the government basket at the United
Nations,which has made landlords confused into thinking that theyhave been
defrauded by scammers using the United Nations name, during the course of
our investigation. According to our system's data storage log with your
email address, Your payment is among the list of 150
Beneficiariescategorized as: Undelivered Lottery Fund / Unpaid Lottery
Fund / Incomplete TransferInheritance / Contract Funds.We discover to our
dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt Bank
officials in an attempt to defraud your fund, resulting in so many losses
on your part and unnecessary delays in receiving your payment.TheUnited
Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have chosen to pay all
compensation funds to 150 Beneficiaries in North America,South America,
theUnited States of America, Europe and Asia and worldwide through the
card. Visa ATM, as this is a global payments technology thatenables
consumers,businesses, financial institutions, and governments to use
digital currency instead of cash and checks.We have arranged your payment
to be paid to you via a Visa ATM card and this will be issued in your name
and shipped directly to your address via DHL or any courier service
available in your country. Upon contacting us, the sum ofUS $ 3.500,000.00
will be credited to the Visa ATM card and thiswill allow you to withdraw
your funds at any ATM in your country with a minimum withdrawal of US $
10,000 per day. Your limit can be increased to US $ 20,000.00 per day
upon request. In this regard, you must contact and provide the
information requested to the Directorate of International Payments and
Transfers with the following;1. Your full name (first and last name)2. Your
full residential address and your country3. Nationality4. Date of birth /
sex5. Occupation6. Telephone / fax number7. Your company email address /
Personal email address.Use this code (Ref: CLIENTE-966/16) as the subject
of your email for identification, and try to provide the Above information
to the officers below for the issuance and delivery of your Visa ATM
Card;We have advised the banking agent to open a private email address with
a new number to allow us to control this payment and transfer
communications to avoid further delays or diversions of your fund. Please
contact your the UnitedBank for Africa agent now with the following contact
details: Contact: MR.Tony Elumelu.Compensation Funds Transfer Department
(United Bank for Africa)Contact email:(mr.tonyelumelu64@gmail.com
<mr.tonyelumelu64@gmail.com>)We require your urgent response to this email
as indicated to avoidfurther delays. Sincerely Mrs. Kristalina *

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