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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: "Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva" <test@hashinsta.com>
Reply-To: kristalina.georgieva@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:33:08 -0700
Subject: !

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND {IMF} OFFICE
IMF Headquarters. 700 19th Street, N.W
Phone:+1(360) 244-4932
Website:www.imf.org.
C/O Kristalina Georgieva
E-mail:kristalina.georgieva@outlook.com.
In Affiliation with West African Economic
and Monetary Union (WAEMU).

Attention Beneficiary;
Your Long overdue Payment Is Ready:

It came to our notice today that your long overdue unpaid contracts inheritance fund, next of kin and lotto benefits that was originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east and American is among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the CITY BANK LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Your email appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive a part-payment of your contractual sum and has been approved already for months now. You are requested to get back to us for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund. However, we received an email from one Mr. Virgie Lee Samples who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week.

He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him including his International passport. we want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not. Please in confirmation that you are still alive, you are advised to reconfirm the below listed information to enable us facilitate an immediate payment for you.


Yours Sincerely,
Kristalina Georgieva
Chairperson/Director IMF,
IMF Headquarters.700 19th Street, N.W
+1(360) 244-4932
www.imf.org.

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