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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: Gita Gopinath <gita.g2018x@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 01:12:14 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION THE BENEFICIARY,

Dear Beneficiary,

I sent this letter to you a month ago, but I did not hear from you, I
don't know if you got the message, And that is why I resend it again,
Firstly, I'm Dr. Gita Gopinath,(gita.g2018x@gmail.com), the M.Director
of the International Monetary Fund.

Actually, We have reviewed all the obstacles and problems that
surrounded your uncompleted transaction and your inability to meet up
with the transfer charges levied against you for the past transfer
options.

We are the Board of Directors, World Bank and International Monetary
Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the U.S. Department of
the Treasury and some other relevant Investigation Agencies here in
the United States of America. We have ordered our Foreign Payment
Remittance Unit, to issue you a Visa Card, where your fund
$13.500.000.00 will be uploaded, for further withdrawal of your fund.

During the course of our investigations, we discovered with dismay
that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials
of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their private
accounts.

And today we notify you that your fund has been credited and uploaded
into an ATM VISA CARD and also ready to be delivered to you. Now
contact THE MD. INCHARGE OF ATM CARD FOREIGN REMITTANCE OPERATIONS
DEPT. UBA , his name is Dr. Charity Odo. Email: cardservices@post.com,

Send the following valid information to her for the delivery of your
accredited ATM VISA CARD to you directly to your house.

Your Full Name==============================
Your Country of Origin======================
Your Home address ==========================
Email Address ==============================
Your phone/whatsapp number =================
Your Occupation=============================

Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Gita Gopinath,(gita.g2018x@gmail.com)

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