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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348033689165 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • intl_monetaryfund@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTL MFUND" <intl_monetaryfund9@rediffmail.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2007 20:44:00 -0000
Subject: FROM I.M.F



INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
ATTN,This is to intimate you&nbsp;of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you. I am Mr. Rochers Daniel a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know&nbsp;that reports have reached our office by so many correspondense on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies accross Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided to put a stop to that and that is why i was appointed to handle your transaction here in Nigeria.
All Governmental and Non-Governmental parastatals, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies&nbsp;which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back up from your transaction and you have been advised&nbsp;NOT to respond to them anymore since the IMF is now directly in charge of your payment. You are hereby advised NOT to remmit further payment to any institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transfered to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any&nbsp;action contrary to this instructions is at your own risk. Respond to this e-mail on intl_monetaryfund@rediffmail.com with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released. Also call me as soon as you send the e-mail so that you will be given an immediate response: Direct Hotline: +234-803-3689165.
Regards,
Mr. Rochers Daniel,
For International Monetary Fund&nbsp;(IMF)

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