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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: "International Monetary Fund" <info@imf.org>
Reply-To: rev.bernardalex@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:37:00 +0200
Subject: Re:Your Unpaid Fund,

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Office of the Special Representative to the UN.
Head quarters,


Greetings to you

This is to inform you that the International Monetary Fund [IMF] and the United Nations [UN] is compensating all the scammed victims with the sum of $1,500,000.00 USD. Your name and email address were mentioned to the United States Secret Service by one of the Scammers who was arrested.

Meanwhile this Compensation department has been mandated by the IMF and the United Nations to pay your compensation funds to you by sending you an International ATM MASTERCARD which is 100% secure for payment to you as one of the scammed victims.

Furthermore; we advise you to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) concerning any transaction that you might have lost your hard-earned money to avoid losing more money to other group of scammers who are on the FBI wanted list and are still on the run and for this reason we want to warn you not to communicate or duplicate this message to anyone for any reason whatsoever as the United States Secret Service are already on the trace for the other criminals.

In view of the above you are advised to provide the information below to facilitate the immediate release of your fund.

1) Your Full Name:
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile:
3) Company\'S Name, Position and Address:
4) Profession, Age and Marital Status

Kindly send the above required information to us and upon the receipt of the above mentioned information we shall proceed in filing a claim with the bank and get back to you with further details on how your fund will be released. Awaiting your earliest response.

Anticipating your urgent cooperation in order to receive your ATM Card.

Thank You.

Sign,
Rev. Bernard Alex
Senior Resident Representative in USA.
International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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