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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22997019645 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • velentine_rev@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3bvelentine_rev@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "leo ike" <leo_ike11@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:28:24 +0200
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOU


International Monetary Funds /United Nations
( Controller of Currency Administration).
&
SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE.
700 19 ST. WASHINGTON, DC 20431 USA .
OUR Ref: IMF/WADC/USP07.
IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOU .

ATTN :
We are pleased to inform you that we are International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Debt Reconciliation Unit newly set up by the United Nations in conjunction
with the World Bank . Based on series of petitions we received from
International Bodies such as Cooperate Bodies and Non Governmental
Organization (NGO on the Inability of some Government of different countries
in the World,Mostly Africans bank & their Commercial banks and World
Lottery Organization to settle their clients Contract debt,
Inheritance/Contract Fund and Winning prize Fund Debts.

After an extensive close door meeting between the Board of Directors UNITED
NATIONS, THE WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WITH THEWORLD BANK
), it was resolved and agreed upon that this body world international debt.
reconciliation committee will work extensively to ensure that your Contract
Payment, Your Inheritance and Lottery Winning prize fund, or any reason for
any debt owned to any forigner will be paid without any hitch and delay
through the World Bank and IMF Insurance body.

You are therefore advice to send the below information along with your
contact stated details to REV. DR. VALENTINE SAMUEL head of review,
Internationl Monetary Funds, I.M.F & World Bank Debt Reconciliation
representing officer in Cotonou Benin-Republic on the this EMAIL: (
velentine_rev@yahoo.fr) .

YOUR FULL NAME.
YOUR HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFER OR DELIVER TO
YOU .YOUR CELL, OFFICE & HOME TELEPHONE NUMBERS. IF POSSIBLE A SCAN COPY OF
YOUR ID WITH PICTURE TO AVOID TRANSFERING OR DELIVERING YOUR IF IN
CONSIGNMENT TO A WRONG PERSON IN CASE YOU CHOOSE THE FUNDS TO BE DELIVER
HAND TO HAND AT YOUR DOORSTEP TO YOU.

Note that on receipt of the above stated informations ,Your Fund will be
since it has alrady been called back from its various point where it has
been tied up by World Bank and IMF and your payment will be arranged on the
following options of payment below;

a). Via ATM card payment that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM
machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars
per a day.
b). Diplomatic cash payment.
c) By an international bank draft of your funds amount that can be cashable
in any part of the world.

We urgently need the above informations so that we can proceed since time is
very much of the essence that we finalise now .

As for our arrangement, we the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS the director
Rev. Dr. VALENTINE SAMUEL promised that your funds on our three above
stated mode of payment will leave our Custody immerdiately from the time we
receive your go ahead .
I am waiting for your urgent response. You can even call the Director of
INTERNATIONAL MONETORY FUNDS in Cotonou with this Phone Number : +229 9701
9645. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this
payment effectively...

AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! .
RODRIGO DE RATOY FIGAREDO.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, IMF.
WASHINGTON DC , USA.
LEO IKE
(EMAIL;velentine_rev@yahoo.fr <EMAIL%3Bvelentine_rev@yahoo.fr>)

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