419 scam: "Mrs. Christine Lagarde" Distinguished True Beneficiary,

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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:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2348070676971 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- uniontransfer.agent67@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Christine Lagarde"
Reply-To: <uniontransfer.agent67@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:00:26 +0800
Subject: Distinguished True Beneficiary,

Distinguished True Beneficiary,

Our independent financial security monitory agents have just confirmed
your dealings with some unauthorized impersonated staffs of various
existing and non-exiting government organizations operating from
different offices, we are contacting you today because we are taking
over your Online Safety, We all know that the rate of fraudsters and
scammers online are so much that we all receive at least 80-100 hoax
messages per day, all those stories are lies used by fraudsters to
extort money from people.

We wish to congratulate and inform you that after a detailed review
and due assessment by the IMF , UN and World Bank global financial
stability board and the President of Republic of Nigeria, President
MUHAMMADU BUHARI has constituted a 14 man investigative Panel and
foreign Debts reconciliation committee, which I am the Chairman of the
presidential committee saddled with the responsibility to investigate
all the banks here in Nigeria.

As institutions to United Nations, the Debt Management has this office
to liquidate all external creditorsâ€™ bills in this last quarter of
fiscal year 2015 by cutting all foreign down to $6.8m to each
beneficiary.

Henceforth, this is your payment reference number code of your payment
(WB-IMF PVA ID: 824707), As we have no option than to let it go
through Western Union way by using your first and last name sending it
to your country we advise you to stop further communications either by
email, fax or telephone upon the receipt of this message or you might
as well continue with them but please remember to note this phrase,
you will never receive one dollar cent outside our organization since
your payment release manifest booklet is registered under our abode
which your daily payment you will withdraw daily will be $7,000USD
daily till your total some of 6.8Million USD will b completed.

You are to fill in your full details as your first $7000 payment is
ready for you today.

1. Name in Full:
2. Residential Address:
3. Country :
4. Age:
5. Direct Phone Number:

I want to show you the only way that will enable you get your first
payment without any upfront charge or payment. "Waiver option WAP15
Code" is the only thing that you will obtain with $150USD only and you
will get the result which all the thousands of dollars you have spent
have not given you.

By this I mean "Waiver option WAP15 Code".This option allows you to
apply and get all fees, charges, duties, levies and taxes that you are
supposed to pay on your fund waived aside for you until you receive
your complete payment.

You are to contact the WESTERN UNION AGENT. With this contact info for
the release of your "Waiver option WAP15 Code".

WESTERN UNION PAYING OFFICER.
Contact Person: MR. James Efe
Email: uniontransfer.agent67@gmail.com
Phone: +234 807 067 6971.

Waiting to hear that your have received your complete funds without
problem once you obtain this Waiver option WAP15 Code, which is only
$150.00USD.

Sincerely
Christine Lagarde.
International Monetary Fund, CEO.

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