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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: "Mr. Tobias Adrian" <mrrabiua1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: smnu433@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 23:25:50 -0700
Subject: Re: YOUR APPROVED PAYMENT


--
International Monetary Fund
700 19th St NW,
Washington, DC 20431,
United States.

Attention: Beneficiary

Please read this mail carefully and proceed to receive your approved fund
amounting to US$6,500,000.00 payment.

Following this year's (2022) review of the global financial matters and
just concluded investigations today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
it is revealed that your email is among the list of people that are to
receive their long over due compensation fund awarded to them as victims
who lost their hard earned money to internet fraudsters/scammers while
trying to claim their compensation funds. In view of the foregoing, a new
payment of US$6,500,000.00 has been approved in your favor waiting to be
remitted into your bank account or credited into an ATM CARD which shall be
delivered to you at your residential address you will be submitting.

Note: Thousands of fraudsters have been using this method in scamming most
foreign creditors that we have in the payment list here in our office. We
use this medium to inform you that any mail that does not come with the new
communication code: IMF/CF-HFCR-/RLPHJ/ is false. In this case, you’re
advised not to respond to any mail that does not come with the above
communication code for safety/security purposes. Our final conclusion was
that the fund should be paid to you via an Automated Teller Machine Card
(ATM Card) as it seems, this will be easier and faster for you to receive
your compensation payment or it will be remitted into your bank account
through our affiliated paying bank.

You are hereby requested to complete the below details for proper
verification and documentation purposes. Take note of your new
communication code: IMF/CF-HFCR-/RLPHJ/.

Your Full Name....................
Current Residential Address.......
Direct Phone Number...............
Age / Sex / Occupation............
Scan Copy of Your ID..............

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation as I look forward to hearing
from you.

Thanks.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Tobias Adrian
Director,
Financial Counsellor,
Monetary and Capital Markets Department
International Monetary Fund.

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