419 scam: "From USA IMF Office"<ministryoffinance531@yahoo.com> Re: Your Overdue INTEREST PAYMENT

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- +2348126036625
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.
- vicepresident0097@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From USA IMF Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <finalcreditoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 03:50:36 -0500
Subject: Re: Your Overdue INTEREST PAYMENT

International Monetary Fund Investigation Unit (IMF) USA
Address: 55 East 52nd Street 21st Floor New York,
NY 10022. United States
Phone No: +1-347-973-8172,

Attention: Beneficiary

This is all about your overdue ACCRUED INTEREST payment from Africa wish has been on hold here in
United State not to get to your account due to the instruction giving to us by the president of Nigeria,
he made it clear to us that any transfer coming from Nigeria without Irrevocable Presidential Permit (IPP)
from his vice, has to be STOP, till he issue the beneficiary the Irrevocable Presidential Permit(IPP),
this IPP document will also make it clear to all the USA government , Europe and Asia Governments agents
that the transferred fund is free from Money Laundering, Anti Drug Money been an Inheritance/Contract
ACCRUED INTEREST payment of $1, 000,000.00 (One million United State Dollars).

I hereby advice you to contact the Vice President of Nigeria to obtain the Irrevocable Presidential Permit
(IPP) from him as soon as you have this document from him we will immediately release the fund to your
account without any delay.

I will advise you to contact him now on the information below to obtain the Irrevocable Presidential Permit
(IPP), to enable us release the fund to you account or have a Bank Draft deliver to your address,
make sure you reconfirm this your payment notification code to him: Ref: CBN/00672/2014, Registration
No: 009/5632/2014, Payment Code: 011003889, also contact him with your full address and phone number.

Name: Mr. Mohammed Namadi Sambo
Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria
Phone Number: +234-812-603-6625
Email: vicepresident0097@yahoo.com

For the fact that your fund has arrive here in USA you don’t have any problem, I give you 100% assurance
that once you obtain the IPP document you will have your fund in your account within 48hours.

Kindly contact him and get back to us with the IPP document, you can call us on +1-347-973-8172, doing
the New York working time.

Thanks for your Understanding.

SINCERELY,
Mr. Smith Everett
IMF, Foreign payment department
Phone No: +1-347-973-8172

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