419 scam: Bernard Lauwers <markfisher1952@gmail.com> ATTEN, ASSISTED REFUND PROGRAM,

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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: Bernard Lauwers <markfisher1952@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lauwers441@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:24:03 -0700
Subject: ATTEN, ASSISTED REFUND PROGRAM,

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
Address: 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20431, United States
Direct Phone: (202) 287 1001
Our Ref: IMF/0015-OSD/021

ASSISTED REFUND PROGRAM:

This letter serves to officially inform you that we have been working
towards the eradication of scam in the world with the help of African Union
(AU), United Nations Security Council (UNSC), European Union (EU), the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Internet crime complaint center
(IC3), Financial Intelligence center and FBI. We were able to track down up
to 74 scam artists globally from (Canada, USA, Malaysia, Poland, Mauritius,
Nigeria and Indonesia) and they are all in government custody facing
criminal and fraud charges.

The United Nations board of trustees on humanitarian aids instructed that
part of the money recovered from the scammers should be shared among 27
lucky people around the world for compensation and you are on the list as
your email address was found in one of the scam Artistsâ€™ computer hard-disk
hence we are contacting you, maybe you have been scammed or being tried to.

You can view this website for your perusal:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/74-arrested-coordinated-international-enforcement-operation-targeting-hundreds
.

I am waiting to hear from you urgently. with the below Requirement,
Your full name..........
Home address:.........
Your country...........
Your city..............
Telephone......
Occupation:.......
Age:â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦..

I expect your urgent response with much anticipation!!!!!!!
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Bernard Lauwers
Finance Department Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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