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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 Current (IMF)"
<comunicacion@sociedadandaluzapreventiva.com>
Reply-To: <robert.plant@consultant.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 05:29:36 -0700
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (Respond Immediately)



Dear Fund Beneficiary, greetings to you in the name of the Lord.
I sent this letter to you a month ago but I did not hear from you, I'm not sure if you got it, and that is why I am sending it again, Firstly I'm Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva, Current Managing Director and Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund, reported that you have not received your fund through a bank transfer as we instructed earlier
Your name appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this first quarter payment of the year because we only transfer funds twice a year according to our banking regulations, We apologize for the delay in your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and pay attention to our office payment accordingly.
Now your new Payment, United Nations Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013. Your part payment inheritance fund is USD 6.5 Million United States Dollars, having received these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to receive and confirm your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved transfer order within the next 168 hrs. We assure you your payment will be processed as long as you follow my directives and instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE I 601. Please, any time you receive 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!
We are the Board of Directors, World Bank, Philippine National Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C. in conjunction with The U.S. Department of the Treasury and some other relevant Investigation Agencies here in the United States of America. Has ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit, Philippine National Bank to issue you a VISA Card, where your fund of $6.5 Million United States dollars will be uploaded, for further withdrawal of your fund. During our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions concerning your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you directly from our source.

Your Full Name====================
Your Country of Origin===============
Your City Name: ====================
Your Home address =================
Your gender======================
Your profession=====================
Your phone number =================
Zip Code or Postcode =========================

Kindly send the information to our agent in charge direct contact email listed below.

Agent Robert Plant
Email Address:

robert.plant@consultant.com mailto:robert.plant@consultant.com

Remember that the only payment needed at the bank is the delivery fee and your ATM card will be registered at Currier service which you will receive at your appointed address, this delivery fee of your ATM card is only $450 dollars, so you are advised to send the $450 to us to enable us to register your ATM card with Courier company that will deliver it to your address without delay, kindly get back to us with your information as requested so we will provide you payment information for delivery of your ATM card, Thanks for your kind attention

Note: If you have received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, It is simply because your ISP has introduced restrictions. We ask that you treat us as important.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva Current (IMF)

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