419 scam: "IMF"<info@imf.org> Your ATM Card is ready to be delivered

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "IMF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <william.rosa01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:10:55 -0300
Subject: Your ATM Card is ready to be delivered

Attn:,

This letter is from The IMF Committee on Fund Management And Payment newly inaugurated by the World Financial Services Authority of The United States of America.

This committee was set up to discover all outstanding unpaid/unclaimed fund being owed by Governments or Individuals all over the globe through Contract Payment/Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.

Through our investigation last week, it may interest you to know that we discovered an unclaimed fund of Two Million Three hundred Thousand USD ($2,300,000.00) in your favor from the world bank poverty eradication program and we have been mandated to ensure that this fund gets to you without any delay

After a very long deliberations with the board of directors of the IMF group, a conclusion has been reached that the $2.3M will be delivered to you at your residence by a special delivery diplomat.

The cost of delivery will be calculated and paid by you ONLY after you must have withdrawn money from the the ATM card.

Kindly provide your full contact details for immediate delivery of your ATM card.

Full Name:
Contact address:
Phone Number;

Sincerely,
William Rosa

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