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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: "Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva" <orjiremma17@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imfkristalinageorgieva001@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 08:22:21 +0000
Subject: Chairwoman of the IMF (MD)

All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGO's, Finance
Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Diplomat(s) which have been
in contact with you of late have been instructed to back off from your
transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore
since the I.M.F Head Office is now directly in charge of your payment
$5,000,000.00 USD (Five Million United State Dollars), You are hereby
advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with respect
to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you directly
from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this
instruction is at your own risk.

kindly send the follow details for the release of your fund to you okay

1.YOUR FULL NAME…
2.YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER…
3.YOUR OFFICE NUMBER…
4.YOUR HOME ADDRESS
5.(P.O BOX NUMBER/ADDRESS)…
6.YOUR AGE/GENDER…
7.YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION…
8.YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE

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