419 scam: "Mr. Vinod Thomas,"<info@imf.org> The World Bank Director-General,Evaluation

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- paymentcenter101@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Vinod Thomas," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paymentcenter101@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 17.15.38 +0100
Subject: The World Bank Director-General,Evaluation

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
OUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX027
WEBSITE: www.imf.org

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

I am Mr. Vinod Thomas, The World Bank Director-General, Evaluation. This message is based on the meeting which the United Nation (UN), European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) held in London United Kingdom on 15th of August 2011 regarding your expenses which you made for failed Transactions like
Contract Fund, bank transfer, Lottery Fund transfer and
inheritance fund. According to the
International Monetary Funds Agency (I.M.F), they discovered that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Banks And Legal Attorneys who are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, and we want to use this opportunity to inform you that some of this fraudsters has been curbed and their account has been also frozen, regarding to the meeting the UN, EU, AU held, all the money that was recovered from their account must be used to compensate the victims. This is to fight crime and corruption/fraud globally and you are advice
not to fall in to their hands any more after.

Note: You are advised to contact the PAYMENT CENTER to set up for this payment by WORLD BANK with your contact details . And also be informed that the amount to be paid to you through an ATM CARD/BANK TRANSFER is $8,500,000USD . Meanwhile, PAYMENT CLAIM CENTER {PCC} have received your payment authority/irrevocable
release/unconditional payments guarantee by the executive directors of United Nation (UN), European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) to pay you this $8,500,000USD. You are hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval, which you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail to the Logistic Payment Center Department by email listed below.

Payment Center and Logistics Vaults
Contact Name: Mr. Robert calvin
Email: paymentcenter101@yahoo.com.hk

We will be waiting for your swift email response to enable our payment officer to guide you through on how you are to receive your funds without any further delay.

Congratulations in Advance.

Mr. Vinod Thomas,
The World Bank Director-General,
Evaluation

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