419 scam: "Mr Shaw Jr Wallace Byrl"<admin@lmvrm.com> IMF PENDING PAYMENT APPROVED

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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.
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.
- jonathanpeter951@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Shaw Jr Wallace Byrl" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jonathanpeter951@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:18:41 +0100
Subject: IMF PENDING PAYMENT APPROVED

IMF PENDING PAYMENT APPROVED
>From I.M.F.MONITORING TEAM
African Regional Department building
International Monetary Fund (I.M.F),

Subject: Re: Intercepted Transfer

Attention: 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 chairman 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, International Monetary Fund has taken full responsibility to transfer your fund to you,respond to these mail by providing your full below:

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR ADDRESS:
YOUR TELE/FAX NUMBER:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY OR DRIVERS LICENSE COPY ( SCAN ED COPY )

SEND REPLY TO THIS EMAIL: jonathanpeter951@yahoo.com

Regards,
Mr Shaw Jr Wallace Byrl
African Regional Department Director

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