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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 <davidliptonprivatemail@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 02:28:59 -0800
Subject:

Attention Beneficiary:

Our independent financial security monitory agents has found your name
on the list of individuals dealings with some unauthorized
impersonated staffs of various exiting government and non-governmental
organizations operating from different offices, In accordance to the
decision after our last sitting with World bank executives in New
York, We are made to initially reveal your part payment of $6.5
million dollars which is to be paid through a certified bank check.

This is your payment reference number (IMF/PED-N890), we advise you to
stop further communications with the impostors either by email, fax or
telephone upon the receipt of this message to avoid further extortion,
also take note of the above phrase, since your payment release
manifest booklet was registered under our abode,

The World Financial body has authorized my Office, giving us the power
to release lottery,contract,inheritance and other foreign payment
transactions.

We will wait to hear from you for Further directives also include your
details for reference purposes in next mail.

Thank you
Mr.Geoffrey William Seiji Okamoto
First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund IMF
https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials/Bios/geoffrey-w-s-okamoto

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