419 scam: "Engr. Gidado Idris" <officeinfo010@yahoo.co.uk> FROM IMF CREDIT CONTROL DIRECTOR

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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)
- "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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Gidado Idris" <officeinfo010@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: engrgidadoidris001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:26:53 +0200
Subject: FROM IMF CREDIT CONTROL DIRECTOR

Attn:Dear Fund Beneficiary,

This email is to notify you about our 2014 3rd quarter payment which
is going now and you are among those who has been approved to receive
the sum of $10,700,000.00 (Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars
Only) before +00 18:00 Hrs GMT on the 15th of June, 2014 as it has
been programmed.

But based on what so many beneficiaries like you have complained on
what they have gone through 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 Netherlands, www.snsbank.nl
the reason is for you to have 100% total control over your fund this
time around and to avoid unnecessary delay.

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, with other online benefits this
method will afford you, all at the comfort of your home all at no
extra cost or charge.

Once you open this online account through us in 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 laundry, 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

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