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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "I.M.F" <stuartsymington2016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: internationalmonetaryfund12000@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:12:11 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
Headquarters Add: 9 Hon. Judge Mohammed Bello St,
Asokoro Abuja Nigeria.
Fax-01-324-884-26

Dear E-Mail Owner/Fund Recipient

PAYMENT ORDER FOR INHERITANCE/COMPENSATION FUNDS

This is to draw your attention to a very important piece of
information which will be of great help to you from all the
difficulties redeem that you had experience in receiving your long
overdue inheritance/compensation payment due to an excessive monetary
claim from you by both corrupt banking officials and courier
companies, after which your money remains unpaid to you.

I am Mr. Ari Aisen, a senior official of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) Nigeria based representative. It might be interesting to
know that so many reports have reached our office Correspondence about
the troubled way people like you are being treated by Various banks
and courier companies/diplomats across Europe to Africa and
Asia/London UK. We have decided to put an end to this and the IMF
representative here in Nigeria has been appointed by the agency to
handle all inheritance/compensation payments to foreign beneficiaries.

Note: Any government and non-government prostate, NGO, finance
company, bank, security company, and courier company that has recently
contacted you about your inheritance/compensation has been directed to
withdraw from your transaction and you are advised to NO longer
respond to them as the IMF is now directly responsible for your
payment.

As a result of this development, an amount of twenty five million US
dollars (25,000,000.00 USD) will have to be paid to each SIGNED
beneficiary. This memorandum is intended to inform you that you will
be receiving your inheritance/contract payment with an amount of USD
25,000,000.00 for late payment.

Please send the following information:

Full name
Home address
Mobile and fax number (for regular official contact)
Age/Sex
Profession
Passport/Driver's License for Identification

The above information officially will enables us to carry out our
verification processes and afterwards your remuneration
sum/inheritance monies will be released to you without further delay.
It is therefore recommended that you do not remit any further payments
to any other institution in relation to your transaction as your fund
(USD 25,000,000.00) will be released to you directly from our source.
Hope this is clear to any action contrary to this statement is your
own risk.

Reply to this email on (mr.ariaisen-imfrep@currently.com) with
immediate effect and we will provide you with further details on the
release of your fund.

Regards,

Mr. Ari Aisen
IMF Representative in Nigeria
Email: mr.ariaisen-imfrep@currently.com

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