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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: "International Monetary Fund" <info@imf.org>
Reply-To: imfunds33@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:26:35 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND HAS BEEN RELEASED

IMF International Monetary Fund
Fiscal Affairs Department
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20431

Attention: Beneficiary,

Contact DHL for your released Funds

This is to inform you that the IMF has instructed the Courier
Companies in this Country to release and dispatch all the Monetary
Instruments in their Custody to their owners before the end of the
first quarter of the year 2022 unconditionally.

During our investigation we found out that most of the seized funds
were not for illegal transactions, including your fund that was
stocked with the DHL for some months. We have passed instruction to
DHL to dispatch your Fund to you since your fund was not for illegal missions.

We have paid for delivering and insurance charges and also supplied to
DHL the legal documents needed to deliver your Fund to you.
We understand that the content of your package is an ATM CARD worth
$3,500,000.00 USD, DHL does not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but ATM
CARDs are ship-able. For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as
well as Insurance fees have been paid by this firm.

Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance, Premium &
Clearance Certificates, are to certify that your Fund is not a Drug
Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it funds to sponsor Terrorism in your
State. This will help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary
Authority of your State.

However, you will have to pay a sum of $195.00 USD to the DHL Delivery
Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the DHL
company as stated in their privacy terms & condition page. Send your
Postal address ,telephone and your name in full. It is mandatory to
reconfirm your Postal address and telephone.
Kindly complete the below form and send it to the DHL DELIVERY POST
with the below information.

It is mandatory to reconfirm your

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
SEX:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

DHL DELIVERY POST
Email: dhle7487@gmail.com
Contact Person: Mr. George Ted.

Have a great day!

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Jerry Harrison,
Regional Director
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Contact DHL for your release Fund ATM CARD.

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