419 scam: "Debt Management Office"<abebetina4@yahoo.com> Re: Payment Option

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "account opening" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- +447031993981 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +2348021410085 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Debt Management Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <debt@abebe.cjb.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:54:59 +0100
Subject: Re: Payment Option

Debt Management Office
PAYMENT OPTIONS;
Payment Code: R5780906K

Attention: Unpaid Beneficiarie,

We have received an approval document forwarded to our office from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to effect an immediate payment of
$2.1million USD (Two Million One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Your name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a payment of $2.1million. It has been approved already for you into your preferred option. Basically, there are three (3) options for us to get your fund transferred to you. These options include :

1. Bank To Bank Transfer
2. Bank Account Opening
3. official delivery of Bank draft to your door step.

Option (1) Bank To Bank Transfer:
Cost of transfer:................$2,100
VAT:.............................$100
Insurance:.......................$185
Total:...........................$2,385

Option (2) Bank Account Opening:
Account Opening:.......$350
VAT:............................$95
Non Residential Permit:.........$105
Insurance:......................$115
Total:..........................$665

Option (3) official delivery of your Draft to your door ster:
delivery Fee:.......................$6,000
Insurance:......................$165
Total:..........................$6,165

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the (3) options above.

Note: Your funds are protected by a hardcover insurance policy.
You are to make your preferred choice from the three
options above.

We anticipate your prompt response.

please re- confirm the following;
1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Address:
3. Telephone Number:
4.Fax Number:

I apologize to you on behalf of IMF (International Monetary Fund),

http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/chron/mds.asp

for failing to pay your funds in time, which according to records, had been long overdue without positive results of you getting the funds.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. John C Smith . Debt Management Office

TREAT WITH UTMOST URGENT !

Note: You have to contact Mrs. Rebecca Adams who is in charge of your payment immediately, to enable her forward the information of your paying bank so that your Funds can be sent to you within 48 hours.

Her contact informations is as follows.

Name: Mrs. Rebecca Adams
Tel: +447031993981
Fax: +447092842178
Mobile;+2348021410085 [Nigeria]

Head of Foreign Payment Department /DMO Office.

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