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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: "Dr. Kristalina Georgieva" <dinesh86099@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 07:24:16 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Ma

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Headquarters:700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20431.

Dear Sir/Ma,

This is to officially bring to your notice for the last time that the
IMF, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in collaboration with the
International Police (INTERPOL) the London Metropolitan Police (LMP)
and the Federal police in Africa, Has successfully arrested those
criminals behind in ripping and also trying to divert your overdue
payment to their foreign account overseas. After their arrest, they
confessed that they have ripped millions of dollars from US, Canadian,
UK, Germany, Italian etc.

After much interrogation, they gave us a list of those they have
ripped and scammed within the last couple of years and your name
happens to be number 4 among the victims. We have contacted the UNITED
NATIONS and the US Government in regards to this present development
and they instructed us to release all victims pending fund's to them
with out any more problem and you are having the sum of US$56 million
in the United states treasury as part of your fund transfer from
Africa that was stop by the America Government.

Right now you are to contact the paying bank for the release of your
funds through satisfied bank check:

Bank name: Cadence Bank.
Address: 3399 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326.
Their Email: cbcontactcentre@gmail.com

Finally, we authorize you to stop all dealings with any office or
person claiming to be in charge of your payment, for we believe they
might be in collaboration with these arrested men.

Waiting to hear from you urgently.

Best Regards,

Dr. Kristalina Georgieva,
IMF Director USA.

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