419 scam: OFFICE FILE <officefile654@gmail.com> INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)

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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:
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "cotonou" (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.
- iwuschuks@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: OFFICE FILE <officefile654@gmail.com>
Reply-To: IwusChuks@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:45:57 +0200
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)
FINANCIAL MONITORY DEPARTMENT/UNIT.
100 Broad Street Main Ave Benin Republic, 2015

International Monetary Fund,
Commitee on policy harmonisation,
west Africa.
Urgent Attention .

We are pleasure to inform you that we are the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) set up by the United Nations in conjunction with the World
Bank .Based on series of petitions we received from International
Bodies such as Cooperate Bodies and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO
on the Inability of some Government of different countries in the
World,Mostly Africans bank & their Commercial banks and World Lottery
Organization .

After the meeting held yesterday,your name was listed for compensation
payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid $5.5USD.as
compensations ..On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know
that during the last meetings held at Cotonou , Benin Republic, it was
alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by
various individuals to the scams artists operating insyndicates all
over the world today.In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body is
now paying 10 victims of this operators $5.5USD each in accordance
with the U.N.recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient
Banking Systems,the payments are to be paid by Central Bank of west
africa, According to the number of applicants at hand, 14
Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United
States and Yemen,

we still have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of $5.5USD
each, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this
message to any body for any reason what so everas the U.S. secret
service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret
till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been
contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and
possible consideration.

Listen, you have nothing to pay for the transfer of the fund into your
account, if you will not be able to come down here by yourself to sign
the certificate of fund release order of the fund, you will contact
the central bank of west Africa attorney in order to sign the papers
on your behalf on submit to bank of west africa for transfering of the
fund into your account .Bear it in mind that the attorney may demand
consultation fees of $72 .usd from you and do not forget to do so,

here is the information you will useing to sent the money through money Gram,

Receive Name ...KENNEDY EREH,
Country... Benin republic
Text Qusetion... who we trust
Answer..God
Amount...$72.00
Mtcn..
Sender...

DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR CHIET MRS IWUS CHURKS.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)
FINANCIAL MONITORY DEPARTMENT/UNIT
Eail: IwusChuks@hotmail.com

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