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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: your fund <chukwudiokenwa95@gmail.com>
Reply-To: director.georgieva@aol.com
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 20:54:32 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM UNITED NATION ATM CARD CENTER OFFICE,

GOOD NEWS FROM UNITED NATION ATM CARD CENTER OFFICE,

How are you today? I hope all is right with you; Please I advise that
you should read this email message very carefully and urgently get
back to me immediately to avoid the wrong delivery of your overdue
inheritance unpaid ATM CARD fund worth of $15,000,000.00 USD presently
at our custody United Nation.

Based on the meeting held yesterday with the United Nations Official,
US Embassy Official and IMF officials In collaboration with Office of
the Presidency Republic of Nigeria and Federal Ministry of Finance
F.M.F Republic of Nigeria regarding all overdue inheritance payment
File of which your name and email ID was listed among the unpaid
beneficiary, I writing to inform you that your files appeared on our
desk to pay you a partial payment of $15,000,000.00 USD of your funds
for this First quarter of the year.

But we are having misunderstanding because a lady by name Mrs. Delores
Olea, from United States of America called our Office on Friday
stating that she is your new next of kin that you have given her the
power of attorney to claim your unpaid ATM CARD Fund worth of
$15,000,000.00 USD, she clearly informed our Office that you have
instructed her to receive the funds on your favor that you are greatly
Will which makes it impossible for you to ask all our calls and email
to you so far that you cannot work or answer any calls due your
presently health condition.

Executive Board of Director Federal Ministry of Finance World are
currently and so confuse about her claim that is why the authority
instructed me to contact you for us to know if she is telling us the
truth or not to avoid delivering of your unpaid fund worth of
$15,000,000.00 USD to unexpected person as we have no clue about this
person Mrs. Delores Olea.

She also forwarded below information DETAILS to us for the delivery of
your unpaid inheritance Payment worth the total sum of$4.8Million USD.
( Email- olee.d2013@gmail.com FULL NAME== Mrs.Delores Olea
COUNTRY===USA ADDRESS====3500 OLD DENTON RD APT 208; CARROLLTON, TEXAS
75007 PHONE NUMBER== (845) 218-1685 ) Kindly check this information
and name if we can go ahead and deliver the funds to her info.

After she provided this info to us, she instructed us not to bother or
disturbed ourselves by contacting you because you cannot access your
email presently due to your present health condition. We should
deliver the funds to her provided information directly because she is
now acting on your behalf. If you are still interested in this ATM
CARD fund kindly reconfirm your direct information to us urgently to
avoid wrong delivery such as okay.

1. Your Full Name:=======
2. Your Telephone No:====
3. Your Country:=========
4. Your Home Address:====
5. Your Nearest airport:==
6. your occupation
7. your passport


i will be waiting to hear from you so that i can proceed with the
release of your funds to you okay
Hope to hear from you as soon as possible .

Your Sincerely
Mrs Kristalina Georgieva

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