419 scam: "IMF Credit Control Director"<office@presidency.com> Re:Fund Beneficiary.

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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:
- "million 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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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.
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.
- +2348052920584 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "IMF Credit Control Director" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engr.gidadoidris@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 22:03:04 -0400
Subject: Re:Fund Beneficiary.

Attn:Dear Fund Beneficiary,

This email is to notify you about our 2014 2nd quarter payment which
is on going now and you are among those who has been approved to receive
an immediate payment before the 5th of May, 2014.

But based on what so many beneficiaries like you have suffered in the past
in the hands of various payment officials, we have mandated every beneficiary
(as the best and easiest means to receive your fund without stress) to open an
online account with our Approved Corresponding Bank, SNS Bank Deutsche - Holland,
www.snsbank.nl the reason is for you to have 100% total control over your fund
this time around.

>From this your online account, you can access your account balance, pay your
bills, make online wire transfer to any other account of your choice, pay
for your shopping online, all at the comfort of your home all at no extra cost
or charge.

Once you open this online account through us with SNS Bank, we will credit
your total fund of $10.7 million dollars into it, send you all the online account
details and your access link into our Client's Account Portals "CAPs" so that you
can start managing your fund by yourself. But in order to avoid money laundery, you
can not transfer more than $550,000 dollars daily. Please take note of that.

Please to be honest and truthful to you, this is the only alternative way you
can receive your fund as quickly as possible and without undue interference from
any Agency, be it IMF, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, World Bank, United Nations,
INTERPOL, IRS, Customs, Courier Companies, Anti-Terrorist Agency, Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, or Anti-Money Laundry Organizations the same way other
beneficiaries did so far and received their funds.

If you are satisfied with all the above and you wish to open the account, contact
us so that I can give you the details of our requirements and what you need to do
for us to commence work immediately.

You are advised to treat this message as very urgent.

Thanks a lot as you co-operate with all that we instruct you to do.

Yours faithfully,

Engr. Gidado Idris
IMF Credit Control Director
Telephone:+234-805-292-0584

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