419 scam: "IMF International Monetary Fund" <imf_headquarters@rocketmail.com> From The IMF Headquarters NY

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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.
- +447024087079 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- hsb.telexdeprtment@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IMF International Monetary Fund" <imf_headquarters@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: hsb.telexdeprtment@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:18:04 +1100
Subject: From The IMF Headquarters NY

>From The World Headquarters:
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
700, 19th Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20431, USA.
http/www.imf.org

Attn. Beneficiary,

We have received several reports and petitions about the alarming rate at
which you and other foreign beneficiaries were maltreated by corrupt
government and bank officials over your funds from Africa. We are also
aware of the several payments you have made in this process without
still getting the desired result. Having reviewed all these deliberate
human obstacles, we the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in
collaboration with the World Bank and other global security units like the
FBI and INTERPOL, have stepped in and jointly ordered the relevant bank to
move your fund and all related files to the HSBC bank in London with
immediate effect so as to facilitate an easy release of your fund to you
without further obstacles.

In view of this development, we therefore officially inform you that a sum
of USD5.5M which represents part-payment of your pending fund is now
confirmed to have been moved to the HSBC bank in London from where it will
now be credited into your account in accordance with international
banking procedures.
You are therefore advised to reach the HSBC bank in London through the
email stated below for further details on how to get your money. Just
write and tell them that you were recommended by the IMF in respect of
your pending part-payment of USD5.5M. The HSBC contact is as follows;

HSBC Bank PLC London,
8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ UK
Tel: +44-702 408 7079
www.hsbc.co.uk
Contact person: Scott Rogers. (Director of Foreign Payments)
Email: hsb.telexdeprtment@hotmail.co.uk

Finally, we wish to reiterate our commitment to monitor every step until
we ensure that your fund gets to you. After contacting HSBC, you can reach
us for any complain and feed back on your transaction through this email;
imf_headquarters@rocketmail

Yours Faithfully,
Christine Lagarde
(Director, World Regional Finance Affairs)

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