419 scam: "MRS. CHRISTINE LARGARDE"<mrschristinelargarde@gmail.com> ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "imf.christinelargade@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "imf.christinelargade@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. CHRISTINE LARGARDE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imf_christinelargade@naver.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 02:53:02 -0800
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

FROM THE DESK OF CHRISTINE LARGARDE
DIRECTOR: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF)
EMAIL: imf.christinelargade@outlook.com

Dear Beneficiary:

Be informed that during our general auditing and Account revision of this first
quarter of the year 2016. We discovered that the Bank Accounts with sum of $5.6 Million United States Dollars belonging to some beneficiaries has been changed on the basis that the real bonafide owner is DEAD.

After our investigations, however,it was revealed that there are Foreigners who are collaborating with Retired Staffs to make these changes illegally without the knowledge of the bonafide beneficiary and one traced to your own change is this Mr. Jeng Peng Seung who said you are dead, hence they have forwarded some documents of funeral service held for you so as to divert your fund. They have also forwarded to this office their personal information together with their account details as stated below:

Bank Name: Hang Seng Bank
Bank Address: 83 Des Veoux Road,Central-Hong Kong
Account Name: Mr. Jeng Peng Seun
Account Number: 235-325172-89
Bank Code: 08gc76
Swift Code: HASEHKHH

But we wanted to confirm if actually this is true and hence we decided to write to your email address which after 2 days from now, if there is no response from you, we will then know that you are dead and we shall go on with the transfer. If proved otherwise by you that you are not dead, please forward to us the below needed information:

YOUR FULL NAMES:.............
AGE:..............
DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER:...............
OCCUPATION AND POSITION IN THE OFFICE:............
EMAIL ADDRESS:...................

Anything contrary to this claim, will help us charge this man to court and prosecute him while your fund will be released to you immediately within 24 hours without any further delay.

Regards,

CHRISTINE LARGARDE
DIRECTOR: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF)
EMAIL: imf.christinelargade@outlook.com

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