419 scam: "FROM I.M.F.MONITORING TEAM"<tbrownjr4455@gmail.com> I.M.F PENDING PAYMENT APPROVAL/CONFIRM RECEIPT

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- thomasbrownjr7755@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM I.M.F.MONITORING TEAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasbrownjr1122@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:41:37 +0100
Subject: I.M.F PENDING PAYMENT APPROVAL/CONFIRM RECEIPT

FROM I.M.F.MONITORING TEAM
African Department Office
International Monetary Fund (I.M.F),
LAGOS NIGERIA.

Subject: Re: Intercepted Fund Transfer

Dear Beneficiary,

It has come to our notice in our Headquarters building (I.M.F) that your impending funds from Africa, which was intercepted, has not been released to you ,We noticed that you made several attempt to transfer your funds but to no avail. Our investigation continued to the African Department (I.M.F),The monitoring team gave an unsatisfactory report to your transaction, hence the director is presently under investigation for conspiracy with your representative with intention to divert your funds.

You are advised to desist from contacting anyone
including your agent or representative in these regard, because based on the pains you have gone through in the past we want to avoid further re occurrence of the ugly incident,right now the International Monetary Fund has taken full responsibility to ensure that a compensatory sum of us$ 5,500 000 00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)of your over due fund is transferred to any of your nominated account or Via and international automated teller machine (ATM CARD)without any more delay.

Therefore in order to enhance immediate safe delivery of this fund to your nominated destination,You are hereby advised to respond to these mail immediately by providing the following

information as requested below:

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR ADDRESS:
YOUR TELE/FAX NUMBER:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY OR DRIVERS LICENSE

Be informed that irrespective
of what transpired to you in the past, we are not in any way trying to be persuasive on you as regards enhancing the safe passage of your fund into any of your nominated account but it is very sad to note from our findings that to had gone through all those bogus bills in receipt of your over due fund.However to ensure equity, probity and fairness you will only be required to act strictly to our advise and instruction to enhance the immediate safe passage and transfer of the fund into any of your nominated account or via Automated teller machine(ATM CARD) as you may wish in the next 72 banking hours.

Confirm receipt and call me ASAP for more clarification on the way forward. Do also send a copy of your response to this my alternate email thomasbrownjr7755@gmail.com

Yours sincerely

Thomas Brown jr.

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