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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: Dejoylouise001 <riced2074@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dejoylouise001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 06:18:14 -0500
Subject:

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Good afternoon, I want to officially notify you that International

Monetary Fund (IMF) together with World Bank is compensating all the

scam victims,

with the sum of Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States

Dollars (US$10,500,000.00) per individual, your email address was

founded among the scam victims list that's why we are contacting you.

Your outstanding payment of (US$10,500,000.00) is in Wells Fargo Bank

under the care of Charles Scharf in California, you have to contact

him on this email ( dejoylouise001@gmail.com )

Remember to reconfirm the below details for proper clarification and

to update your payment files,

a) Full Name:

b) Home Address:

c) Phone Number:

d) Occupation, Age and Marital Status:

e) Int'l Passport/Driver's License


Looking forward to hearing from soon


Warmest regards

Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva

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