419 scam: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <info@tegv.org.tr> CONTACT HIM NOW FOR YOUR MONEY

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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:
- "security keeping fee" (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. )
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <info@tegv.org.tr>
Reply-To: <shanan7thomas@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 08:51:20 -0700
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW FOR YOUR MONEY

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
700 19th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20431
United States Of America.

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder, that is because of the
restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we urge you to treat it genuinely......

Hello How are you doing today?

I am Mrs. Christine Lagarde, and I work with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).
I am assigned to assist you in the claims process of your winnings compensation,
i am with the receipt of your complete verification form, for your confirmation,
i have done all the proper verification exercise, and I hereby confirm that
your winnings compensation details sent to this office correspond with the record
on my file. This compensation is being made to all of you who have
suffered losses/damages as a result of unemployment, accident,
illness, death of family relatives, and also to all of you who have been scammed by fraudsters.

Your email address was randomly selected along with (10) others from a database of over (3000) email addresses drawn across the continent,
each email address was attached to a ticket number and yours emerged
as the number (7th) winner of a Check of 2.5 MILLION U.S.dollars which was converted to an ATM card long ago.

I therefore wish to congratulate you on behalf of your winnings.
And to state that you have been a lucky person to have emerged as a winner in
the on going 2015/2017 compensation. Which you have not been
able to receive for awhile now for personal reason known to you.

As you are aware that there is a present Change in the United States
of America as Donald trump was elected in as the President-elect
of the United States of America. He stated that all funds
Transfer/ Atm card/
inheritance funds would be cancelled soon. You are been contacted regarding the present development.

This is to inform you that you would have to receive your funds Asap.
All necessary payment have been made by the compensation
management
the only fee that was not paid was $550 dollars which is for the security
keeping fee of your funds, that have been kept for a long period of time.
Because they do not know when you would finanlly come for it that was why it wasn't paid by the management.

Note: All you need to do is to.........
Contact Mr Shanan R Thomas your fiduciary angent with your delivery information:

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