419 scam: From IMF Office <johnphillip925@gmail.com> Receive Your Inheritance Fund,

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ambassadors.office@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- to the federal republic of nigeria email ; ambassadors.office@yahoo.com thanks for your understanding. best regards, ms. (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: From IMF Office <johnphillip925@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:35:01 +0100
Subject: Receive Your Inheritance Fund,

Attn: Receive Your Inheritance Fund,

I am Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director International
Monetary Fund, This is to Inform you the outcome of our meeting with
United Nations,in New York yesterday, Because of much Problems in your
funds and scams in African We has Agreed you receive your Inheritance
funds payment of $12.5m (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand United
State Dollars) which finally Approved through bank to bank payment
transfer from one of our paying bank and you are to contact America
Ambassador to Nigeria with your information for her to direct you more
on the paying bank for your Urgent payment of the said funds to your
bank account,

You are hereby advised to contact the America Ambassador to Nigeria,
Mrs, Mary Beth Leonard, with your information to direct you more how
to get your original funds documents to back up your Inheritance funds
to your bank account or your door step is the two mode of payment,

Name; Mrs, Mary Beth Leonard,
The America Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Email ; ambassadors.office@yahoo.com

Thanks for your understanding.

Best regards,
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva,
IMF Managing Director International Monetary Fund
Washington D.C, United States,
Email;;imf.managingdirector@aol.com

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