419 scam: "Mrs Christine Lagarde."<admin@scholartroop.com> Your IMF Compensation Funds Worth $3.5 Million...(Read carefully and get back)

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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. )
- "money gram" (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 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.
- imf.compensation19@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Christine Lagarde." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imf.compensation18@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:54:50 -0800
Subject: Your IMF Compensation Funds Worth $3.5 Million...(Read carefully and get back)

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
HEAD OFFICE : Washington, D.C.,
United States

Attention

I am Barister Bremen James in charge of the compensation funds to scam victims from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondence on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies across Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided to put a stop to that and that is why the IMF has appointed me to monitor your transaction here in United States and Europe from the (IMF) so that your compensation funds can gets to you.

After proper investigations and research at Western Union Money Transfer and Money Gram office to know if you have truly sent money to the scam Syndicates through Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram, your name was found in Western Union Money Transfer database amongst those that have sent money through Western Union Money Transfer to diverse countries.

In view of the determination and commitment of Government to ensure that every outstanding foreign beneficiaries debts are settled, but to our greatest dismay, despite all the effort made last year to ensure that most foreign beneficiaries receive their payment, record still show that a lot of foreign beneficiaries did not receive their payment due to their inability to settle some outstanding up-front obligation to the Federal Government.

You have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending money to them in the course of getting one fund or the other that is not real, right now the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is Monitoring all Compensation funds.In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of The International Monetary Fund (IMF)organisation, it was agreed that you will be compensated by the United State Government which has set aside as a compensation to everyone who have by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters.

So therefore i want you to know that the sum of $3.5million usd will sent to you as a compensation funds...And i want you to know that there is a new change in Government in the United State in which Donald Trump happen to be the president elect,that is the more reason why President Barrack Obama wants to settle all this Compensated funds before the newly elected President is been sworn in..so therefore we beseech you to claim your compensated funds as soon as possible without no further delay...

You can get back to us via email imf.compensation19@gmail.com

Provide us with the following information

Name:
Address:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Contact Number:
Religion:

Please if you do not trust or believe in the Authenticity of this email,please do not get back to us..we know the rate at which people are been rip of their hard earn money all over the world..And that is why we are here to put a stop to that and compensate you..

Yours sincerely,
Barister Bremen James
Director In Charge,
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
imf.compensation19@gmail.com

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