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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 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.
  • rev_rubena2@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Lionel Bells" <dstrauss14@ig.com.br>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:27:33 +0200
Subject: Very important to you


International Monetary Funds /United Nations
(Controller of Currency Administration).
&
SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE.
700 19TH. 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 the 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 THE
PRESIDENCIES ), 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 informations as tated below to REV. DR. RUBEN MICHAEL head of
review, Internationl Monetary Funds, I.M.F & World Bank Debt Reconciliation
representing officer in Cotonou Benin-Republic via this EMAIL: (
rev_rubena2@yahoo.com.hk ) .

1).YOUR FULL NAME.
2).YOUR HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFER OR DELIVER
TO YOU .
3).YOUR CELL, OFFICE & HOME TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
4).IF POSSIBLE A SCAN COPY OF YOUR ID WITH PICTURE FOR A PHYSICAL
RECORGNITION TO AVOID YOUR PÄYMENT 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
instantly pay to you since it has alrady been called back by World Bank and
IMF from its various point where it has been tied up and your payment will
be pay to you 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. RUBEN MICHAEL 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.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this
payment effectively...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! .
DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, IMF.
WASHINGTON DC , USA.

This email is intended for the above named recipient only. If you have
received this email in error, please notify us immediately, returning all
pages to the address above.
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