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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: UN Directorate of International Payment <kingjohn22221@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mgeorgieva425@aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:58:36 +0100
Subject: WELLS FARGO BANK FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

( I.M.F ) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington,
DC 20431, USA.
REF:-XVGNN82021
EMAIL:mgeorgieva425@aol.com
WELLS FARGO BANK FINAL PAYMENT
APPROVAL NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION: HUMBLE BENEFICIARY,

After today's board meeting of the Treasury Department, the US
Treasury Department, the IRS, the Federal Reserve Bank and the World
Bank Directorate, it was brought together in collaboration with the
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund IMF, Ms.
Kristalina Geoegieva. That the overdue compensation fund worth $ 10.7
million deposited with this bank for further payment. The reason for
this is the scammers who lost a lot of money to African and European
scammers.

(1.) Did you instruct one Ms. Donna K. Heberling, of 1200 Fitch Way,
Sacramento, CA 95864, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf
because you are dead?
(2.) Did you sign any 'Deed of Assignment' in her favor thereby making
her the current beneficiary/Next of Kin to receive your pending fund?

Your name/email 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/bank payment accordingly, in the other hands the director of
the FBI who's name is Mr. Christopher Asher Wray and the rest FBI
agents are also investigating on this transaction so you have nothing
to worry about this time around as everything is going well in your
favor humble beneficiary.


RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.

Your Full Name...................
Your Residential Address.........
Your Sex / Age...................
Occupation.......................
Telephone / Fax..................
Next of Kin......................
Your Valid ID Card...............
Your Ssn.........................

The Wells Fargo bank will immediately remit your payment once you
reconfirm your information/ details. For further details and
assistance on this Remittance Notification, kindly forward your
details to the managing director of the Well Fargo who's name is
Charles W. Scharf (fwells415@yahoo.com), as we are await to hear back
from you as soon as possible Humble Beneficiary with your full
information for proper verification.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING WELLS FARGO BANK.

Yours Faithfully,
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund. (I.M.F)(0002).
Email: mgeorgieva425@aol.com
Phone Text and Calls Only: +1 (760) 853-1610

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