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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" <cfc.ubaheadoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.tonyelumelu64@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:07:54 +0000
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

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 they
have 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 Beneficiaries
categorized 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 that
enables 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 this
will 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 country
3. Nationality
4. Date of birth / sex
5. Occupation
6. Telephone / fax number
7. 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)

We require your urgent response to this email as indicated to avoid
further delays.

Sincerely
Mrs. Kristalina

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