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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 Georgia" <georgiakristen413@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wwwuba.imf.fund@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:01:34 -0700
Subject: HIIII

(I.M.F) Head Office
#1900, AV. DU PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
REF:-XVGNN82010

EMAIL (wwwuba.imf.fund@gmail.com)

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

I sent this letter, to you, a month ago, but I did not hear from you,
I'm not sure if you got it, And that is why i say it again, Firstly,
I'm Mrs. Kristalina Georgia, Managing Director and Chairwoman of the
International Monetary Fund, we got report that you have not receive
your fund through bank transfer as we instructed earlier.

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.

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 part payment
inheritance fund is one million seven hundred thousand dollars USD
$1.7, 000. 000. having received these vital
payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to received and
confirm your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
African Region immediately within the next 168hrs. 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: 601.
Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Mrs. Kristalina,
check if there is CODE (601) if the code is not written,
please delete the massage from your box!

We the Board of Directors, World Bank and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Washington, D.C. in conjunction with The U.S. Department of the
Treasury and some other relevant Investigation Agencies here in the
United States of America. Has ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance
Unit, United Bank of Africa Lome Togo to issue you a VISA Card, where
your fund $1.7, 000. 000.00 million dollars will be uploaded, for
further withdrawing of
your fund.
During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that
your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of
the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their private
accounts.
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.

And today we notify, you that your fund has been credited into VISA
Card by UBA Bank and also ready to be deliver, Now contact UBA Bank's
Customer care his name is Dr. TONY ELUMELU, Email: (wwwuba.imf.fund@gmail.com.),
Send him the following information for
the delivery of your accredited ATM VISA Card to your home address.
Be kind and contact United Bank of Africa through this email address below:

Dr. TONY ELUMELU
Director Management-United Bank of Africa
Bank site: http://www.ubagroup.com
UBA ATM VISA CARD DEPERTMENT (UBA Group (@UBAGroup)
Contact Email: wwwuba.imf.fund@gmail.com
Contact UBA CUSTOMERCARE with all this necessary information below:

Your Full Name=====================
Your Country of Origin=============
Your Home address =================
Your phone number =================
Post Code =========================
Occupation=========================
Your ID card =================

Remember that the only payment needed at the bank is only delivery fee
and your prospaid card will be register at Currier service which you
will receive at your appointed address.
Thanks for your kind attention

Sincerely,
Mrs. Kristalina Georgia (IMF) (601)

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