419 scam: Hamush Bassel <ilonahoi@muenster.de> From: IMF Regional officer

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Hamush Bassel <ilonahoi@muenster.de>
Reply-To: hamushbassel@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 20:18:41 +0000
Subject: From: IMF Regional officer

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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) LONDON-UK.
Mr. Hamush Bassel - I.M.F Regional officer ( United Kingdom )
Executive Controller in United Kingdom and Debt Reconciliation
32 Park Hamilton Drive Manchester United Kingdom.

It has come to our notice in our Headquarters building (I.M.F)
Washington D.C, U.S.A that your impending funds, which was intercepted
has not been released to you; we noticed that you made several attempt
to transfer your funds but to no avail. Our investigation continued to
the African, European and United State Department of the International
Monetary Fund (I.M.F. The monitoring team gave an unsatisfactory report
to your transaction; hence the chairman is presently under investigation
for conspiracy with your representative with intentions to divert your
funds.

We have the absolute right and authority to pay any funds emanating as a
proceed of loan, Inheritance, Contract payment, Business representative,
Bogus cheque, Lottery and ATM Card transactions. You are advised to
desist from contacting anyone including your agent or representative in
this regard because International Monetary Fund has taken full
responsibility to transfer your fund to you. Respond to this mail by
re-confirming the information below.

Full name:
Telephone no:
Fax no:
Age:
Country:
Home address:
Office address:
Occupation:
Marital status:
Bank account details:

Respond urgently to enable us proceed with your payment

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Hamush Bassel
I.M.F Regional officer ( United Kingdom )
Debt Reconciliation and Executive Controller

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