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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +2347032735258

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?INTERNATIONAL=20MONETARY=20FUND?= <unoffice222@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: pastorchrist0011@live.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:21:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:unoffice222@yahoo.com.co



- International Monetary Funds /United Nations (Controller of Currency Administration & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE. 700 19TH. ST. WASHINGTON, DC 20431 USA . OUR Ref: IMF/WADC/USP08. Attn: Beneficiary We are pleased to inform you that we are the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Debt Reconciliation Unit newly set up by the United Nations in conjunction with the World Bank . Based on series of petitions we received from International Bodies such as Cooperate Bodies and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on the Inability of some Government of different countries in the World,Mostly Africans bankers & their Commercial bankers and World Lottery Organization to settle their clients Contract debt, Inheritance/Contract Fund and Winning prize Fund Debts.After an extensive close door meeting between the Board of Directors UNITED NATIONS, THE WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WITH THE PRESIDENCIES ), it was resolved and agreed upon that this body world international debt. reconciliation committee will work extensively to ensure that your Contract Payment, Your Inheritance and Lottery Winning prize fund, or any reason for any debt owned to any forigner will be paid without any hitch and delay through the World Bank and IMF Insurance body.You are therefore advice to send the below information along with your contact informations as tated below to PASTOR CHRIST AKU head of review, Internationl Monetary Funds, I.M.F & World Bank Debt Reconciliation representing officer in Lagos- Nigeria via this EMAIL:(pastorchrist0011@live.co.uk) .Telephone:+234-70-32735258 1).YOUR FULL NAME.-------------------------------- 2).YOUR HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFER OR DELIVER TO YOU .--------------------------------- 3).YOUR CELL PHONE.------------------------- RECORGNITION TO AVOID YOUR P?YMENT TO A WRONG PERSON IN CASE YOU CHOOSE THE FUNDS TO BE DELIVER HAND TO HAND AT YOUR DOORSTEP TO YOU. Note that on receipt of the above stated informations ,Your Fund will be instantly pay to you since it has alrady been called back by World Bank and IMF from its various point where it has been tied up and your payment will be pay to you on the following options of payment below: (a). Via ATM card payment that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a day. (b) Payment Diplomatic cash Delivery. (c) By an international certified bank draft of your funds amount that can be cashable in any part of the world.We urgently need the above informations so that we can proceed since time is very much of the essence that we finalise now .As for our arrangement, we the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS the director PASTOR CHRIST AKU promised that your funds on our three above stated mode of payment will leave our Custody immerdiately from the time we receive your go ahead .I am waiting for your urgent response. You can even call the Director of INTERNATIONAL MONETORY FUNDS in Lagos-Nigeria with this Phone Number :+234-70-32735258. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! . DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN. MANAGING DIRECTOR, IMF. WASHINGTON DC , USA. UNITED NATION LONDON UK. This email is intended for the above named recipient only. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately, returning all pages to the address above.

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