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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: Shehata Ibrahim <shirinrehim@gmail.com>
Reply-To: shirinrehim@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 03:56:52 -0600
Subject: FROM MR SHEHATA IMF AND WORLD BANK POINTED AGENCY

Dear valued customer:

Sir/Madam,

Compliment of the day; this is to inform you that the IMF/World Bank
auditors has approved a compensation payment to compensate some of the
scam victims and, Your E-mail ID is among the scam Victims listed to
be compensated by World Bank/IMF valued at US$ 3 Million each.

Note, we have received from the custody of (IMF and World Bank) the
necessary documents backing and proving you as the beneficiary of the
$3 Million Us Dollars that we are about to release to you as a
compensation payment. This compensation is for those who experience
victim of scam worldwide.

I am fully in-charge, and ordered by the Management Of U.K sub-region
Unit (1) International Monetary Fund (IMF) The officials of External
Relations International Monetary Fund (IMF) Internal Audit Monitoring
and Investigating unit also want to use this opportunity to announce
to all the beneficiaries listed/indicated in our international
outstanding payment list as your unclaimed fund indicated in our
payment list.

Followed to the recent instructions from the foreign embassies, and
with help of the British investigation Unit, and series of report
listed from our foreign remittance offices, and recent reports from
our corresponding Unit Under International Monetary Fund (IMF),

Series of report and complain received from Individuals mainly from
United States Of America, Canadians, Australians, Singapore,
Philippians, Brazil, Mexicans, Egypt, Saudi Arabians, Europeans,
Indians, New Zealand and other parts of the world reporting that
their inheritance contract funds, wining lotto's, and compensations
are being withheld in various Banks, lotto’s winning agencies,
courier companies, and other agencies in part of Africa.

You are instructed to fill our payment application form as outlined
below correctly to avoid any error in releasing your payment and bear
in mind that we will commence your payment as soon as we receive the
information from you.

Reconfirm the following information for security reason.

1.) Full name:
2.) Age:
3.) Sex:
4.) Address:
5.) Zip/postal code:
6.) State/province:
7.) Country:
8.) Residential Country:
9.) Phone/s:
10.) Occupation/position:
11.) A copy of your international passport, driver’s license or identity card.

Yours faithfully,
Mr: Shehata Ibrahim

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