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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: International Settlement Payment Coordinator Unit <mrrogerswhite@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cisu.info@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:54:42 +0100
Subject: Information! Information!!

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Congratulations,

With the best concerns I wish to inform you that you are among those
whose pending payment has been approved by the IMF in conjunction with
the World Bank, because the

fund release to you has been delayed as a result of your dealings with
unauthorized individuals to receive these USD$72,800.000.00.

These fund originated from unpaid contract sums, inheritance/next of
kin and lottery beneficiaries that originated from Europe, Asia Plus
Middle East, America and

Africa. You are among the listed of individuals and companies whose
unpaid fund have been approved for payment under the supervision of
the International Monetary Fund
Headquarter. Note, you are required to contact this office within 48
hours of receiving this notification, also remember to reconfirm your
full name, mobile number and

the rest other necessary details to enable us to normalize the
documents in your name and advise you on how to receive your fund.

In summery, beware of this important notice that you will be liable to
pay a renewal fee of your fund document because it have been long, or
you may not bother to be

responding if you're not interested, because these fund isn't permit
to be release to you until the fee is paid and all your documents for
the fund is activated to the

current date and year for it's 2023 now!

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Robert J Carter
Reply urgent at:( cisu.info@gmail.com )
International Settlement Payment Coordinator Unit.

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