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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: IMF OfficeUk <Anthonyebela@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:23:01 +0000
Subject: Attn: Fund Beneficiary,


International Monetary Fund (I.M.F)
P.O Box 69999, 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, E14, 1qe
United Kingdom

Attn: Fund Beneficiary,

We have been authorized by the World Bank and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to investigate the reason for the unnecessary delay of your inheritance/compensation fund payment which has been approved to you by law. During the course of our investigation, we discovered that your payment had been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of some banks and government authorities of some countries who are trying to divert your funds into their personal accounts.

To stop the dubious act, we have agreed with the World Bank and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that the international monetary fund (IMF) will handle and monitor this payment by ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by these corrupt Officials of the banks and some other law enforcement agent staff. We have obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the World Bank. We are happy to inform you that the World Bank has decided to compensate you with $850,000.00 and it will be transferred to you via an international ATM visa card. Your fund will be transferred to you by BTCI Bank of Togo without any further delay or problem.

We have obtained a Supreme Court verdict on your behalf and we have submitted it to BTCI Bank of Togo to issue an international ATM visa card in your name so that you will be able to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in your country. You are hereby advised to contact Mr. Leonard Mathias of BTCI bank of Togo so that he will issue an international ATM visa card in your name and send it to you via Delivery Company. Contact BTCI bank urgently so that they will issue the visa card in your name and send it to you urgently. You are required to contact BTCI bank with the email address stated below.

Paying Bank: BTCI bank Plc
Email Address: btcaccount@accountant.com
Contact person: Mr. Leonard Mathias

Make sure that you will contact the above mentioned bank for the final release and transfer of your fund without any further delay. BTCI bank must surely issue an international ATM visa card in your name as soon as they receive a message from you.

We anticipate your urgent co-operation.

Yours Faithfully

Dr. Tobias Adrian
IMF Office London United Kingdom

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