419 scam: "MRS DONNA PATTERSON"<test@exchange.net> GRANTED APPROVAL FROM INTERNATIONAL MONETARY 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contact the atm card center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- barr_harrydavids005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS DONNA PATTERSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr_harrydavids005@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:55:02 -0400
Subject: GRANTED APPROVAL FROM INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
Foreign Payment Department
British General Board & Compensation Reserve Team
GRANTED APPROVAL FROM INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Attention Beneficiary,

This is in regards of your overdue funds which have been pending on delivery due to the involvement of bad officials both governmental and non governmental. Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance.

Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Mrs. Gill Marcus of the Reserve Bank Of South Africa, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank Anderson, Stephen Allen, Emmanuel Nnorom, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation who exist in different part of the world e.g. Nigeria, Malaysia, Benin Republic, Ghana, Togo, India, China and many others.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, British Interpol and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Reserve Bank of South Africa that your payment totaling $5,500,000.00(Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000.00 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf. Every other thing has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty. The only requirement from you is the $255 for the Administrative Endorsement and Government Clearance Order.

Contact our assigned Attorney Harry Davids on the following information below,

Barr. Harry Davids (ATM Card Center Director)
Reserve Bank of South Africa
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email: barr_harrydavids005@yahoo.com

Do contact Harry Davids via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

On contacting him with your details your payment file would be updated with the necessary info, terms & conditions after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee asides from the $255 for the Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement, Telling you to pay for any document or courier fees is all nothing but lies, I repeat the only money you will have to pay is $255 for the Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement as imposed by the Compensation Authorities and the Government on your package.

MRS DONNA PATTERSON
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND COMPENSATION RELATIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
PHONE NUMBER: (+1) 404-620-1904

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Harry Davids of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so investigation can commence immediately. Help stop cyber crime.

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