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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Ms. Kristalina georgieva" <partek@biznetvigator.com>
Reply-To: "Ms. Kristalina georgieva" <skristalinageorgieva@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:14:50 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAPID FINANCING INSTRUMENT (R.F.I) DISBURSEMENT.
Attention
The Executive Board of IMF through its approval of the disbursement of financial aids to help alleviate the large toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, has created a special emergency committee to help collate data on individuals who are going through difficulties during this pandemic after mapping a sum of $4.5 million to be given to each of an every individual, inability to finance their standard of leaving. This group or individuals will be accommodated in the emergency financial assistance efforts of IMF. You are therefore having been among the first batch selected advised to contact us with necessary information.
your full name .....
your Country....
Your State..
Nationality...
Occupation.....
Direct Phone Number.
Date of Birth...
Marital Status....
Sex....
ID.....
on the email address below for further documentations. Please beware of scam as you keep this information private.
Best Regards,
Ms. Kristalina georgieva
IMF Director
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