419 scam: The IMF Organisation <webbweb123@gmail.com> Congratulations!

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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 us 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)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: The IMF Organisation <webbweb123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: smithahmed@yandex.com
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 20:39:44 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!

Attention,

This is to inform you that we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in the world with the help
of the American Union (AU), Organization of African Unity (OAU),
United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and FBI. We have been able to
track down some scam artist in various parts of the countries in
(America, Asia, Europe and Africa ) and they are all in Government
custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC)
soon for Justice.
During the course of investigation, we were able to recover some funds
from these scam artists and IMF organization have ordered the funds
recovered to be shared among the Lucky people listed around the World
as a compensation.
This notice is been directed to you because your email address was
found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being
compensated with sum of ($1.000,000.00) One Million US Dollars valid
into an (ATM Card Number 4061 7307 5467 5908 ).

Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will
receive a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid
to you through ATM VISA CARD and deliver to your postal address with
the Pin code as to enable you withdraw a maximum of $5,000 on each
withdrawal from any Bank ATM Machine of your choice, until all the
funds are exhausted.

The ATM Card with Security Pin number shall be delivered to you via
courier Service, depending on your choice.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to
contact the agent in-charge (Mr Smith Ahmed) Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:

Contact AGENT Name:Mr Smith Ahmed
Phone +226 56352792
Email: ( smithahmed@yandex.com )
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

Your Name:
Your Age:
Address:
Country:
City:
Phone Number:
Occupation:

We advice you to stop all communications with everyone regarding your
payment as we have short listed to deliver to you and now urge you to
comply and receive your ATM Card funds.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions while I wait
to hear from you today.

Yours in Services
Mrs. Rose Idaho

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