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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: Ambassador Robert Powell <habibusaidugulma@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uniceforgood9816@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 04:52:56 -0700
Subject: HI

How are you doing today,

The International Monetary Fund, United Nations and the U.S Government
agreed to restore the dignity and Economy of Nations based on the
Agreement with the World Bank Assistance Project.

This email goes out to those who are yet to receive their compensation
payment, inheritance payment, winnings payment and who have been
scammed in any part of the world, this includes every foreign
contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and losses
and damages suffered as a result of the COVID-19 and people that have
had unfinished transactions or Compensation payments that failed due
to Government problems etc.

The International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and the U.S
Government have agreed to assist you to get your Eight Million Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$8,500,000.00).

Your name and email address was in the list submitted by our
monitoring team observers and this is why we are contacting you, this
has been agreed upon and has been signed. Note; that a special payment
arrangement has been made to deliver this fund to you therefore, you
are to choose the best option for you to receive your fund.

You can choose to receive your fund through Diplomatic Arrangement by
Cash Delivering, International Certified Bank Check, ATM VISA Card, A
Bank Direct Transfer, Online Banking that will allow you transfer from
your online account to any Bank account of your choice around the
world. To facilitate the process of this transaction, please kindly
re-confirm the following information below.

Your Full Name _ _
Your Complete Home Address: _ _
Name of City of Residence: _ _
Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year): _ _
Direct Telephone Number: _ _
Mobile Number:_ _ _
Marital Status & Sex: _ _ _
Any valid form of identification_ _

Upon the receipt of the above mentioned information, your payment will
be processed and released to you without any delays. Be also informed
that you are required to discontinue further communication with any
other person(s) or office so as to avoid distortion of data.

Yours sincerely,
Ambassador Robert Powell
Special Representative to the (UN/IMF).
Tel +1 (202) 888 6300 or +1 (206) 445 7589
Website www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials/Bios/Robert-Powell

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