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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" <imfinfo90@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kg719961@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:39:35 -0700
Subject: Attention; Fund Beneficiary,

( I.M.F ) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington,
DC 20431, USA.
REF:-XVGNN82018

Attention; Fund Beneficiary,

This is to intimate 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 over due payment, due to excessive demand
for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies
after which your fund 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 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 fund 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 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 10:45am
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 fund 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.

? 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?
? Did you sign any 'Deed of Assignment' in her favor thereby making
her the current beneficiary/Next of Kin
to receive your pending fund?

The Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved
No: H44CV, 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 payment inheritance fund is USD$10.7Million. Having received these
vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to received 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 massage 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
re-verification because we suspected that Mr. Donna K. Heberling is trying
to divert your money through the sworn affidavit into a new different bank
account. You are advised to get back to this office within 7 days from
today by (kg719961@gmail.com).You can also reply to me in this email.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund. (I.M.F)(1206)

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