419 scam: "Mr. David Kim" <idriskabiru21@gmail.com> Dear unpaid Beneficiary!!!

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Kim" <idriskabiru21@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrdavidkim01@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 23:51:17 +0100
Subject: Dear unpaid Beneficiary!!!

Hello
How are you doing This is to inform you that we have been working
towards theeradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with
the help ofthe Organization of African Unity (AU) United Nations (UN),
EuropeanUnion (EU). We have been able to track down some scam artist
invarious parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria,
Republicof Benin, Ghana and Senegal with cote d'ivoire ) and they are
all inGovernment custody now, they will appear International Criminal
Court(ICC) soon for Justice.

During the course of investigation, they were able to recover
somefunds from these scam artists and IMF organizations have ordered
thefunds recovered to beshared among the 10 Lucky people listed around
the World ascompensation. This notice has been directed to you because
your emailaddress was found in one of the scam Artists file and
computerhard-disk during the investigation, maybe you have been
scammed.

You are therefore being compensated with sum of $1.5M valid into
an(ATM Card Number 4848421013879602) Since your email address is
amongthe lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation funds, we
havearranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD
anddeliver to your postal address with the Pin Numbers to enable
youwithdraw a maximum of $2,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank
ATMMachine of your choice, until all the funds are exhausted.

The ATM Card with Security Pin Numbers shall be delivered to you
usingExpress Mail Service (DHL) USD$100.00 The package is coming from
UnitedState Of America. don't forget to reconfirm your
followinginformation.

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You want us to Send Your ATM Card
3. Cell/Mobile Number:

We advise you to stop all communications with everyone regarding
yourpayment as we have shortlisted to deliver to you and now urge you
tocomply and receive your ATM Card funds.Thanks for your understanding
as you follow instructions while I wait to hear from you today.

Yours Truly
Mr. David Kim
IMF Director Of SettlementUnit.

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