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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoinf290@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 17:14:09 +0100
Subject: GOOD MORNING MY FRIEND.

The  International Monetary Fund wants to inform you that the World Health Organization has resumed the second batch of Covid-19 Compensation payment of 2022 and luckily your email address is included  as beneficiary .
 
After a series of meetings with the World Health Organization  and World-Bank including United Nation  the World Health Organization has decided to give out a Palliative Fund of  $1Million US Dollars  which will go directly to your account to sustain you and your family members during this period of  hard time the world is facing  also the Ukrainian  war and Russia.
 
Kindly forward the details below. Name, Address , Age, Telephone Number.
Please if you are not in need of this do not reply
IMF - International Monetary Fund
Kristalina Georgieva
President of the European Central Bank
Managing Director Of The International Monetary Fund.
E-mail: infoinf290@gmail.com

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