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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: Micheal David <charlesjames441@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michealdavid2562@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 00:04:29 -0800
Subject: Dear beneficiary,

--

Dear beneficiary,
An irrevocable paying guarantee has been issued by the World Bank
Group and the International Monetary Fund for your payment.
We wish to inform you as a beneficiary in compensation of $30.5
million USD, we the governing body of International Monetary Fund has
been authorized to investigate

the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in
your favour by the United National Security Council.
During the investigation we discovered with dismay that your payment
has been unnecessary delayed by corrupt officials of the previous
appointed paying bank who were

making effort to divert allocate fund into their private Bank accounts.
To prevent this security of fund has been organized in the form of a
personal identification number (Pin) ATM Card, this will enable only
you to have direct control

over your fund with the ATM Card.
Your payment have been approved to be credited in your favour through
ATM which will be sent to you by courier delivery service and you have
to pay the delivery

service charge of $150 so the agent can proceed and deliver your fund.
confirm to me your below needed information.
Name in full:
Home address:
Nationality:
Phone#:
Nearest airport:
We will monitor your payment by ourselves to avoid any repetition of
the hopeless situation created by the previous paying bank.
We await your immediate response.

Sincerely.
The International Monetary Fund Headquarters 1: 700 19th street, N.W,
Washington, DC.

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