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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: "Kristalina Georgieva" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:11:07 +0100
Subject: From Kristalina Georgieva

From The World Headquarters:
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
700, 19th Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20431, USA.
http//www.imf.org

Attn. Beneficiary,

Reports have reached us from the investigation panel which is currently
investigating global financial activities with regards to outstanding
foreign payments in line with the meeting hosted by the newly elected United
States president, Joe Biden at his 1st summit with some world leaders,
Apex bank heads, EU finance ministers, the world bank group, the IMF
Leadership, the Paris club and the business community.
In that meeting the US president Joe Biden expressed deep concerned about
security and the global economy and finance managements which he promised
Americans and the world at large greater and extraordinary governance and
benefits in accordance with his presidential campaign promises. He charged
the IMF and the World bank in particular to lead the campaign to review all
outstanding payments owed to beneficiaries and make recommendations for
immediate payment.
There is no doubt you are among the beneficiaries being referred to in this
Joe Biden's new order. The IMF is hereby acting on this based on the
discoveries that your name and other foreign beneficiaries appeared in the
computer excise among those who were denied their accrued payments.

The facts are straight on record here together with your personal details,
including several charges and fees you paid in the process without still
getting your fund. This is totally unacceptable and the IMF in her capacity
as the custodian of global finance will not allow you to suffer any losses
in this regard. You don't deserve such ill-treatment considering your
efforts and financial commitments as shown in the records. So why did you
abandon your fund?
Haven thoroughly investigated the matter, the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) embarked on a fact finding mission thereby unraveling the mysteries
surrounding this unjustifiable payment stoppages and foreign remittance
failures. Before going further, you will agree with me that for a long
period of time, foreign payments and transfer management arrangements in
Africa and some parts of Asia have been characterized by major shortcomings.
One area of weakness was consistent change of administrations and government
policies which often leads to diffusion of responsibilities across a
multitude of agencies. This diffusion in the management of foreign payments
created fundamental problems including operational inefficiency, lack of
consistent well-defined payment policies and debt management strategies,
poor coordination and above all, demand for unnecessary fees.
This are some of the reasons your payment has not been realized till date
according to our findings. Therefore you are to reply through this quick
intervention mailbox for speedy attention to enable us proffer solution and
make recommendations for payment as appropriate. Endeavor to reply through
this mailbox.

Yours faithfully,
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director,IMF

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