419 scam: "International Monetary Fund"<imf@imfinvestigation.com> CONTACT US FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR UNPAID FUND

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
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.
- mrjohnterry2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "International Monetary Fund" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjohnterry2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:58:07 +0100
Subject: CONTACT US FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR UNPAID FUND

FUND COMPENSATION FOR APPROVED SCAMMED VICTIMS

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $4.2million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654

We are approved committee delegated from the United Nations and World Bank to pay 100 Nigerian/World 419 scam victims $4.2million each for the loss suffered financially. Fortunately, you are listed among the beneficiaries of this gesture and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims in the last ten years.
As a compensation therefore the UNITED NATIONS With the support of WORLD BANK and IMF approved paying 100 victims of the internet, telephone and postage scams.

The payment of the fund are to be paid by Barclays Bank Plc under funding assistance by the WORLD BANK AND IMF. According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries have been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia. We still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $4.2million each only and this is the reason for this notification.
You will receive your compensations payments via a DRAFT PAYMENT/CHEQUE OR BANK TRANSFER depending on your choice of fund claim. I shall furnish you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Contact the Secretary of the committee on his email address:mrjohnterry2@gmail.com your full name, address, tel# and choice of fund claim

Congratulations
Your Faithuly
Mr John Smith
De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
United Nations Compensation Committee

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