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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" <olaoluwamrrasheed097@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mskristalinageogve709@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:15:39 -0700
Subject: Attention ; Beneficiary

*( I.M.F ) Head Office*
*Senior Resident Representative*
*#1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW,*
*Washington, DC 20431 USA.*
*(I.M.F)(1968).*


*Attention ; 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 overdue payment, due to excessive*
*demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier*
*Companies after which your fund remains 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 in 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.*

*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 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: *1968*. Please, any time you receive a*
*mail with the name Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, check if there is CODE*
*(1968) 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. Respond to*
*this e-mail on: (mskristalinageogve709@gmail.com
<mskristalinageogve709@gmail.com>) with immediate*
*effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be*
*released.*


*This Office hereby gives you the GUARANTEE your absolute protection*
*and that of your approved Compensation Funds via ATM CARD delivery is*
*100% assured. Your approved amount of US$10,700,000.00. (Ten*
*Million,Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) by the IMF must*
*reach you in any of the above options best for your reception and*
*please do not respond to any email except this so can be able to*
*receive your fund from the right source which is this office that you*
*have already contacted.*

*Ms.Kristalina Georgieva*
*Managing Director of the International*
*Monetary Fund. (I.M.F)(1968)*
*RESPOND TO OUR OFFICIAL EMAIL:(mskristalinageogve709@gmail.com
<mskristalinageogve709@gmail.com>)*

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