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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: "MR. ANDREW TWEEDIE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tweedie205@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:31:00 -0700
Subject: INSTRUCTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT!

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)
Office of the Director, Finance Department, IMF
Abuja, Nigeria.
 
 
INSTRUCTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT!
 
 
This message is to bring to your notice that A LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR long overdue FUNDS has been submitted to our office by the INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS as one of the SCAM VICTIMS of 2009-Date.
 
For more information on the release process of your payment, kindly follow the instructions below and we will get in touch with you with full information and funds release procedure.
 
Kindly provide us with the below information in your reply to this message immediately.
 
(1) Full Name...….
(2) Country...………..
(3) State/ City Name…….
(4) Occupation...….
(5) Gender...…
(6) Age...…..
(7) Telephone Number...…..
 
Contact Person
Mr. Andrew Tweedie
Email: tweedie205@gmail.com
Contact us@ imfrep@representative.com
 
As soon as you provide the information(s) above, we will send you payment release instruction on how to proceed with your payment release.
 
Yours in Service
Mr. Andrew Tweedie.
Director International Monetary Fund

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