419 scam: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND <officeservice@globomail.com> OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

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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 next of kin scam.
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.
- imf_andrew_gov@linuxmail.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND <officeservice@globomail.com>
Reply-To: imfcode1@globomail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:51:54 +0100
Subject: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

Andrew Tweedie
Finance Department Director
International Monetary Fund. IMF
EMAIL:imf_Andrew_gov@linuxmail.org

Attn:Beneficiary.

Your name was found in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid
(Contractors,Inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was
originated
from American,Europe, Asia plus Middle east and Africans) among the list of
individuals and companies that your that are yet to be paid.

Your unpaid fund has been located to the Standard Chartered
Bank,HSBC,Barclay's
Bank,Nat-west Bank, and ATM payment. Your name appeared among the
beneficiaries
who will receive a part-payment of US$15.5million and has been
approved already
for months.You are requested to get back to us for more direction and
instruction on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Dr. Robert Watson who told us
that he is
your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week.

Dr Robert Watson account co-ordinate as follows:
Bank of Lebanon
A/c no: 890458984589
Routing No: bl 275-79665
Aba no: BL-ANAJFG-FL
Beneficiary: Dr Robert Watson

He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him.
We want to
hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are
dead or not.
Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary
Fund)http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/officers.htm failure to receive
your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long
overdue.

Kindly re-confirm these information bellow for immediate release of
your funds if
the instruction of the changes is not from you.

A. Your Full Name
B. Your Private Telephone and Fax numbers
C. Your full home or office address
D. Copy of your identification

Yours Sincerely,
Andrew Tweedie
Finance Department Director
International Monetary Fund. IMF
EMAIL:imf_Andrew_gov@linuxmail.org

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