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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: "IMF OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drmrsveronica2010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:54:02 +0300
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED

Dear Beneficiary,

In consideration of the legislative/legal resolution reached by the World Governing Bodies: The IMF, United Nations Organization, World Bank Group, United States Government, British Government and the European Union Commission Committee on Financial and Allied Matters following series of complaints and petitions received from the office of the European Union Police Commission, The FBI and The INTERPOL respectively over the non-payment of foreign beneficiaries' payments as at when due. This adhoc committee on fact-finding and foreign payment was subsequently inaugurated to help release immediately all the outstanding payments that had received proper approvals and endorsements from the various agencies/offices but was delayed due to the non-chalant attitudes of those at the helm of affairs.

>From the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment with the various Government Agencies, your name was discovered as next on the list of beneficiaries whose files showed sufficient proves to receive their overdue payment but was marred by various fees imposed on them by their so-called representatives especially bank officials who ended up in ripping them off their savings instead of discharging their duties diligently and also divert their approved funds to several untraceable bank accounts without due consent of the original benefactors.

I wish to inform you that your Contract, Inheritance and Winning Fund is being processed and will be released to you through our Approved Payment Channels as soon as you respond to this notification. To avoid all further bottlenecks, we have allocated to you new International Payment Voucher Number: LP / 26510460037 / 03, Approval Number: 7402-2011, Certificate of Merit Numbero: 781 and Release Code Number: 0295 and you must quote any of these Identification Numbers before the bank for proper identification.

Your file of payment has been submitted to the Bank Transfer Department for the transfer commencement of the fund into your account and any moment from now, the KTT Department of the bank will be contacting you in respect to the transfer of the fund. The attached herein are undergoing thoroughly scrutiny at the Legal Department of the bank and upon due certifications, The KTT Department of LLOYDS bank, London will contact you for the final transfer of the fund into your account.


Your fund have been adequately insured by n Insurance Firm here in the UK. With the context of this insurance, your funds are RESTRICTED from been tampered with by any other person till they are remitted to you. After signing of the Fund Release Documents, the Approved Paying Bank which is the LLOYDS bank, London is now waiting for you to establish communication with them so that they can effect the transfer to your nominated bank account in your country.

For final ratification exercise, you are required to contact the International Remittance Officer-kttdepartment of LLOYD bank with information

Attn: PASCAL RICHARD
Email: admin@loydsbankingservices.com

IMF AGENT: DR.MRS VERONICA AMADI
E-MAIL: drmrsveronica2010@gmail.com

This will then give you the opportunity to have 100% online banking and also the access to transfer the funds online to your bank account in your country.You can also be paid through a cashiers check, bank transfer or ATM CARD. To file for your claim,submit the below information’s as stated below to the bank immediately.

A. Payment Voucher Number:.......................
..
1. Full Name:................................
2. Full Address:.............................
3. Nationality:...............................
4. Tel. Number:..............................

You are hereby required immediately to contact PASCAL RICHARD at the LLOYDS Bank .You have to contact him through the bank e-mail as the rightful beneficiary of the fund Cash Accredited File # - LP / 26510460037 / 03.The bank will give you all the information you require to carry on with the transfer without hazzles or bureaucratic bottlenecks.

Regards,

DR.MRS VERONICA AMADI

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