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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" <yalwayakubu1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dsinker4@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 04:57:14 -0700
Subject: International monetary fund


--
International monetary fund
700 19th street, n.w. washington, d.c. 20431.
Director Mrs. Kristalina georgieva,
website: www.imf.org
email: info@intermonetaryfund.com


INSTRUCTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT!

This message is to bring to your notice that A LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR long overdue FUNDS has been submitted to our
office by the INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS as one of the SCAM VICTIMS of 2009-Date.

For more information on the release process of your payment, kindly follow
the instructions below and we will get in touch with you with full
information and funds release procedure.

Kindly provide us with the below information in your reply to this message
immediately.

(1) Full Name...….
(2) Country...………..
(3) State/ City Name…….
(4) Occupation...….
(5) Gender...…
(6) Age...…..
(7) Telephone Number...…..


Contact us@ info@intermonetaryfund.com
As soon as you provide the information(s) above, we will send you payment
release instructions on how to proceed with your payment release.

Yours in Service
Mrs. Kristalina georgieva,
International Monetary
Remittance Department.

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