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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 <willamesgarry@gmail.com>
Reply-To: internationmon0@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 13:39:20 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR

--
GREETING TO YOU, MY NAME IS Ms KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [IMF] AND
THE UNITED NATIONS [UN] IS COMPENSATING ALL THE SCAM VICTIMS WITH $1.3
MILLION USD DOLLARS, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS MENTIONED TO THE UNITED
STATE SECRET SERVICE BY ONE OF THE SCAMMERS WHO WAS ARRESTED MEANWHILE
THIS COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE [IMF] AND THE
UNITED NATIONS TO TRANSFER YOUR FUNDS TO YOU THROUGH ONLINE TRANSFER,
CASH DELIVERY, ATM CARD DELIVERY WHICH IS 100 % GUARANTEE PAYMENT TO
YOU AS ONE OF THE SCAMMED VICTIM.

FURTHER MORE WE ADVISE YOU TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY
OTHER PERSON OR OFFICE CONSIGNING ANY TRANSACTION OF MONEY TO AVOID
LOOSING MORE MONEY TO OTHER GROUPS OF SCAMMERS WHO ARE ON THE FBI
UNWANTED LIST, AND THEY ARE STILL ON THE RUN AND FOR THIS REASON WE
ARE WARNING YOU NOT TO COMMUNICATE OR DUPLICATE THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE
FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER IT MIGHT BE, AS THE UNITED SECRET SERVICE
ARE ALREADY ON THE TRACE FOR THE OTHERS CRIMINALS.

I'M HERE BY ADVISE TO CONFIRM YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS BELOW TO THE
IMF/UNCC HEARD OFFICE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION WITHOUT
DELAY, RECONFIRM YOUR FULL DETAILS BELOW

YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR COUNTRY/CITY
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
YOUR OCCUPATION
YOUR AGE/AGENDER
A PICTURE OF YOUR I'D CARD

ANTICIPATING YOUR URGENT COOPERATION IN OTHER TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT,
KINDLY COOPERATE THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
[internationmon0@gmail.com] MR AUSTIN LORIS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR
RESPOND.

BEST REGARDS

Ms KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA
COMMUNICATION SECRETARY OF IMF

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