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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: mrs kristalina georgieva <official.kristalinageorgievamd@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (HQ1)
700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431.
Mo lottery Unclaimed fund $755,000 detected by fund Email owner
REF: -XVGNN82023
Winning number; 5-6-14-29-35

Dear Email Owner/fund beneficiary,

This is to inform you of an essential piece of information which will be of
great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been
experiencing in getting your long overdue payment, due to excessive demand
of money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies,
after which your fund remains unpaid to you.

I am Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva, a highly placed officer of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have reached
our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way in which people
like you are treated by Various Banks. After our investigation we found out
that your email address was one of the lucky winners in the Mo lottery
selection in 2020, But due to some corrupt bankers they try to divert your
funds to their private account.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance Companies,
Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact
with you of late have been instructed to bank off from your transaction and
you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in charge of your payment
which you can receive your fund in your bank account through the help of
European investment bank (EIB).
Your name appeared on our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that will
receive their Mo lottery funds in this first quarter payment of the year
2023 because we only transfer funds twice in a year according to our
banking regulation. We apologize for the delay in your payment and please
stop communicating with any office now and pay attention to our office
payment accordingly.

Your part payment inheritance fund is seven hundred and fifty five thousand
united states dollars ($755,000), Winning numbers; 5-6-14-29-35, date of
won; October 05, 2020, Therefore you are now qualified to receive and
confirm your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
immediately within the next 168hrs. We assure you that your payment will
get to you as long as you follow my directives and instructions. We have
decided to give you a CODE,(601). Please, any time you receive a mail with
the name Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva, check if there is CODE (601) if the
code is not written, please delete the message from your box!,

You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions
with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you
directly from our source, The only payment required at the bank is the IMF
clearance certificate fee only, that will allow the bank to release your
total money in your appointed bank account.
To receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to contact the
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK (EIB) who will transfer the fund to your bank
account from the Reserve Bank.
Your total winning fund has been deposited to the approval payment bank
below these details:
Translation Code: bjbj 36XJB
Registered Code: No BJK447
Security Code: sctc /2019WU/567
Transaction code: 233/cstc/108/33025
Certificate of deposit code: sctc/bun/xxiv/-78/81
Amount: $755,000
Winning number:5 6 14 29 35

Kindly contact the bank manager now with the below contact details:
Dr. Wilson Taylor
Contact Email: redacted@domain.name
The bank Manager will give you more details on how you can receive your
fund in your appointed bank account as we have already instructed the bank
official.

Thanks for your kind attention

Sincerely
Mrs Kristalina Georgieva
IMF (601) Official

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