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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: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND <m.skristalinageorgievanetmail@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:11:21 +0000
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

(I.M.F) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative,
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington,
DC 20431, USA.
REF:-XVGNN82018,
EMAIL: m.skristalinageorgievanetmail@gmail.com
Attention; Fund Beneficiary,
This is to intimate you with 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 highly placed official of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have
reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way in
which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier
Companies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk. 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 accordingly.
Did You Instruct One Ms. Donna K. Heberling, To Claim Your
US$10,700.000.00. The above-mentioned person visited this Office 10:45
am yesterday, with a power of attorney given in her favor by your good
self, granting her the benefit to process and claim your pending fund
valued US$10,700,000.00 (Ten Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) for personal reasons. She further stated that you are
one of the Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) victims as you did not
survive but you grant her a power of attorney to claim your pending
funds before you pass away. Please answer this very important
question, are you (Dead OR Alive). Our office has asked Ms. Donna K.
Heberling, to return back to this office within (48) working hours to
enable us to have a personal confirmation from you being hitherto the
beneficiary.
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?
Now your new Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House
Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632
Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit
Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex
confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013.
Your financial support fund is USD$10.7Million. 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, THE CODE IS: 1206. Please, any time you receive a mail
with the name Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, check if there is CODE (1206)
if the code is not written, please delete the message from your box!
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. Any
action contrary to this instruction is at your own risk. We have
decided to contact you for urgent re-verification because we suspected
that Ms. Donna k. Heberling is trying to divert your money through an
affidavit into a new different bank account, kindly get back to this
office within 7 days from now through:(
m.skristalinageorgievanetmail@gmail.com).
Yours sincerely,
Kristalina Georgieva,
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva,
Managing Director of the International
MonetaryFund.(I.M.F)(1206).

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