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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: "Mary Beth"<info@usa.org>
Date:
Subject:


International Monetary Fund, 700 19th =

Street, N.W. Washington,=3000D.C. 20431=3000USA=3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =
=3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =
=3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =
=3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =3000 =
=3000=3000 =3000 =
RC15232
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12/NOVEMBER/2022
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158
MASTERCARD N CTLS
BANK WIRE TRANSFER
256022096701005800259
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Dear Valued Beneficiary:
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REMINDER FOR YOUR C=
OMPENSATION/INHERITANCE FUNDS CLAIM
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We have the pleasure of reminding you about your compensation&inheritance =
claim scheduled for payment through BANK WIRE TRANSFER or ATM MASTERCARD de=
pends on your preferred payment method which you must indicate in your resp=
onse to this email for the processing of you payment, kindly provide your f=
ull legal name, current home address and your prefered payment method.
Your payment will be processed within 48 hours at the confirmation of your=
email to the head of department for processing at=redacted@domain.name=
.com, you are expected to reconfirm the above information to the department=
with immediate effect for swift processing.
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With Best Regards,
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Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva.
Director International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Email: redacted@domain.name

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