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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: "Ms. Kristalina Georgieva" <sethbenjamin07@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mskristalinageorgieva1953@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:16:46 +0100
Subject: Payment Notification

I.M.F Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20431, USA.

Attention; Fund Beneficiary,

This is to apprise you of a very important information which will be
of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been
experiencing in getting your long overdue payment, due to excessive
demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank Officials and Courier
Companies after which your funds remain unpaid to you. I am Ms.
Kristalina Georgieva, a high placed official of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have
reached our office by so many correspondences regarding the outrageous
way in which people like you are been treated by Various Banks and
Courier Companies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London
Uk, and we have decided to put a stop to that.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance
Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies 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 International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in
charge of your payment. Your name appeared in our payment schedule
list of beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this first
quarter payment of the year because we only transfer funds twice in a
year according to our banking regulation. We apologize for the delay
of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and
pay attention to our office payment scheme accordingly. Below are your
new payment approval numbers.

United Nation Payment Approval No: UN5685P; White House Approved No:
WH44CV; Reference No: 35460021; Allocation No: 674632; Password No:
339331; Pin Code No: 55674; Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103;
Released Code No: 0763;Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: 1114433;
Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Note that your compensation fund is worth US$10.7Million only. Having
received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now
to receive and confirm your payment with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) immediately. We assure you that your payment will get to
you as long as you follow my directives and instructions. We have
decided to give you a code and the code is '' 601''. Please, any time
you receive a mail with the name Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, check if
this code (601) is on the mail if the code is not written, please
delete the message from your box because it's not coming from me nor
from our office. 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
because any action contrary to this instruction is at your own risk.
Respond immediately to this e-mail as soon as received with the
bracket word (Interested and how do i get my fund), and we shall give
you further details on how your fund will be released and remitted to
you asap.

Acknowledge receipt of this email as soon as received.

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund. (I.M.F)(601)

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