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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 & UN COMPENSATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <un_secretaryeneral.privatemail@citromail.hu>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:49:50 -0800
Subject: Attention: %0%

IMF ENHANCED BY THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIR.

Our Ref: IMF/ UN / UAL/21.
Your Payment Ref: ING / ATM / 857/21.

Date: 12/09/2021.

Attention: Dear Beneficiary.

This is the second/third and final message notice that your payment invoice no. 97652 which was generated/Re-Approved on 9th of December, 2021, is now overdue. Failure to immediate response will result in Overdue Payment Approval suspension.

Sequel to our meeting being 12/09/2021, with the honorable David Malpass, a world bank managing director and a financial team of the IMF (international monetary fund), and Mr. Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, and Mr. Christopher A. Wray, the U.S FBI Director, on scams/, forged atm payment via the internet by some individuals impersonating west African Countries and the Central Bank of Nigeria, your particular was mentioned in our just-concluded second quarter debt settlement General meeting in Washington DC U.S.A. a part-payment of $3,800,000.00 (three million, eight hundred thousand united states dollars) was approved in your name.

This includes every Foreign Contractor that may have lost their money due to one scam or the other. Your name and email were in the list submitted by our monitoring team of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission and Federal Bureau of Investigation, to observers and this is why I am contacting you, this has been agreed upon and signed for today 9th of December, 2021.

This payment has been programmed into an automated Teller Debit Machine for immediate Monzo Bank Plc, London-UK, accredited services into your personal bank account without any further delay, under a strong supervision humble above stated offices. Once again, this email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the above official mentioned offices have come to agree to compensate the scam victim with the sum of $3,800,000.00 ( Three million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Now, all modalities regarding your fund release has been put in place and your total Approved values sum of $3.8 Million United States Dollars has been also, uploaded into an ATM Debit Card with a custom pin based which you will use to withdraw up to $50,000 dollars per day as programmed from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years' time which is 2024 dated. And this is a special ATM Debit Mastercard, which you can use in any part of the World provided there is an ATM Machine Network around you.

Furthermore, with the ATM Debit Mastercard you will be able to transfer your $3.8 Million United States Dollars to your local bank account. The ATM Debit Mastercard comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it, and is similar to your ATM Debit Mastercard. In case you do not have a bank account.

It is my pleasure to inform you that your ATM Debit Mastercard will soon be submitted to the UPS Courier Delivery Company to deliver to you, and it is estimated to be delivered in the next 1-2 working days. All you are in position is to pay only $950 United Dollars, for the Shipping Stamp Fees, and Insurance Stamp fees, total of $950 United Dollars only, directly to the UPS Courier account receiving details, which they will provide to you as soon as you contacted them.

You are therefore advised to contact the UPS Courier office in London-UK, so that they can issue you the delivery tracking information which will enable you to monitor the movement of the delivery until it finally arrives at your door steps.

You are, for your own good, required to re-confirm and forward to my desk the following information for reconciliation/ misdirection of your funds to my desk. Your maximum co-operation to enable us get this done smoothly, also forward the following to me

Full Name...........?
Residential Address..........?
State:.............?
Zip Code:.............?
Mobile Phone numbers:...........?
A Copy of your Identification I.D Card.......?

Below is their contact information;

UPS Ship Center
Contact Person: Mr. Michael Wood
eMail: info.mw-ups@post.com
Tel +44 745 221 9050

Congratulations, your long-awaited fund will now be delivered to you without further delay.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Robert Powell,
IMF Fund's Special Representative to the United Nations.
Tel: +44 745 237 9039
EMAIL: imfun788@gmail.com

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