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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • mailoffice2007@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mail Office" <mail-office@btconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:03:13 +0100
Subject: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

RE: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT.

 Good day, 

Your Long overdue Payment. 

I saw your name ( in the  Central Computer among the list of unpaid contractors, inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, Americans ) among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been approved.

 

Your name appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive a part-payment of your contractual sum and has been approved already for months. You are requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.

 

However, we received an email from one Mr. Robert Walter who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week. He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him including his International passport, we want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund) http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/rrf.htm failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long overdue.

 

Please all response should be sent to mailoffice2007@gmail.com

 

Yours Sincerely,
Kenn Murphy
IMTERNATIONAL MONATORY FUND (IMF)

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