419 scam: "Mrs.Christine Lagarde"<pompeomike556@gmail.com> IMF 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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- solicitorlawoffice1013@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Christine Lagarde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ggthhhf@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:33:20 -0700
Subject: IMF PAYMENT !!%!!

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
FINANCIAL MONITORY DEPARTMENT/UNIT.
International Monetary Fund, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington, DC, 20431 United States of America.

ATTENTION,

It may interest you to know that your name has been out listed among the next five beneficiaries to benefit from our newly invented program
as an associate of World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau. This is in regard's to the outstanding payment and transaction you are
yet to receive.

This program was invented to help fight against the abuse of legal human right by those who are privilege to override the trust of the less
privileges, for example the victim of this modern days scam generation. This body was set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being
owned to Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.

This office is responsible for investigating the legitimacy of unpaid contract, inheritance and lotto winning claims by companies and individuals
and directs the paying authorities (banks) worldwide to make immediate payment of verified claims to the beneficiaries without further delay.

You are being legally contacted regarding the release of your long awaited fund $10,450,000.00. After a detailed review of your payment file your fund will be release immediately you respond back to this message.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

You are urged to stop all transaction which you have with the Governmental and Non-Governmental parasites, NGOs, Finance Companies,
Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact with you of late, they have been asked to back off from
contacting you anymore. Your funds will be remitted to you through our paying bank (Federal Reserve Bank).

To enable the release of your instant payment, please reconfirm your personal data's so that we can forward them to the paying bank, you are
expected to send all detail as requested below without missing any of the lines to IMF lawyer ( BARRISTER DALIA SHERIF) with the details belong.

Full Names:
Address:
Zip/postal code:
City:
State:
Home Tel no:
Mobile:
Provide Scan Copy of your Driver's License/International Passport/Working ID Card as form of identification:

Send the requested information to IMF lawyer ( BARRISTER DALIA SHERIF).

Contact Person: BARRISTER DALIA SHERIF
E-mail : solicitorlawoffice1013@gmail.com

Congratulations.

Mrs.Christine Lagarde
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND

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