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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 <imf.hq003@gmail.com>
Reply-To: juliahodgson.imfoperationunit@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 06:38:20 -0700
Subject: Your fund payment instruction, Pls, Contact Miss Julia Hodgson for
further Directive. ( From Dr Ms. Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director IMF)

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (HQ1)
700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20431.
Phone: +1 3164135826
Date: 7/10/2021

To the knowledge of the Beneficiary.

Re Payment of $5.2m
2021 UNPAID FUND RECOVERED LETTER
In our efforts to foster global monetary cooperation secures financial
stability and facilitates individual company economic growth.

The IMF through our international monitoring network has recovered
your UNPAID FUND $5.2m that has been on hold.

We hereby advise you to reconfirm to this office officially if you are
the person that instructed Mr.Smart Kevin from Canada to claim and
receive the payment on your behalf before we send your fund transfer
instruction to Citibank New York to contact you for the release of
your fund.

For your information we have Citibank New York as our approved payment bank,

Please, Re-confirm as follows
(1) Your Full Name........?
(2) Full Residential Address: (P.O.BOX NOT ALLOWED)?
(3) Country/State..........?
(4) Beneficiary Amount?
(5) Direct and Current Phone?
(6) Passport identification?

Please you are also required to clarify the following immediately:
1. IS Williams Rogers your local representative?
2. Did you broker your fund to Mr.Smart Kevin from Canada to claim?
And receive the payment on your behalf?

3. Did you sign any “Deed of Assignment” in his favor, thereby making
Him the current beneficiary with the following account details to
receive your fund?

Mr.Smart Kevin
Address 34 Cleveland St Toronto ON M4S 2W5
Canada

Northwest trust Bank
One Oak brook Terrace, Chicago, Illinois USA,
6023-13 76ABA ROUTING NO: 171000152,
A/C NO: 12 49819
A/C NAME: Titan Erectors,
Gerard V. Radice/Konzeng Agent

Note: The above information are necessary to certify that you are the
rightful beneficiary of the said fund.

As soon as we confirm these information as requested our paying Bank
(CITIBANK New York) will contact you for immediate payment.

Please confirm so that we can proceed with your fund payment as we
don’t anticipate any further delay.

Contact Miss Julia Hodgson
Operation department for further Directive.
Email: juliahodgson.imfoperationunit@gmail.com
Email: juliahodgson_imf@aol.com
Phone: +1 3164135826

Thank you and have a nice day.

Regards
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director
IMF

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