419 scam: "Mrs. Christine Madeleine"<reservations@shivasanctuary.com> COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$8,500,000.00.

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- mikeedward441@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- 19th street, n.w. washington, d.c. 20431, usa e-mail:mikeedward441@yahoo.com compensation settlement of escrow accounts us$8,500,000.00 (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Christine Madeleine"<reservations@shivasanctuary.com>
Reply-To: edwardmike634@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:37:25 +0200
Subject: COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$8,500,000.00.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
Address: 700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20431, USA
E-mail:mikeedward441@yahoo.com
COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS US$8,500,000.00
Date:25 Febuary, 2019

Attn:Beneficiary,

It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some imposters who claim to be staff in banks and other regional payment centers.

Our reconciliation teams with the prospectus instrument of the United Nations after freezing suspected imposters account. This support was fully effective with the help of World Bank after a summit meeting in United States, on the financial analysis on financial stability issues fluctuating their economy with the international global standard.

After gathering of this sum, our logistic department gave us a list of customers to be paid who fall victims to this imposters due to unawareness. And mode of payment was as well specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against criminality during process of payment.

We have arranged your payment through our online Bank account transfer, which is the latest instruction from International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office.

The online Banking Processing is made much easier for you to transfer your fund to your private Bank Account personally, to avoid any delay or complication of things With this Online Banking Transfer Processing, you can only transfer the Maximum Amount of US$500.000.00 daily/installmentally until the total amount of your Compensated/deposited fund is transferred and completely paid to you.

So you are advice to contact the processing officer

PAYMENT COORDINATOR
MR. EDWARD MIKE
Email: edwardmike634@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

Provide the information bellow to enable the processing of your Online Banking Account for deposition of your total compensated fund.

1) YOUR FULL NAME.
2) YOUR ADDRESS.
3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4) YOUR OCCUPATION
5) YOUR IDENTITY/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
6) COUNTRY.
Because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (IMF-code-7750) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the processing officer by using it as your subject.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Christine Madeleine
Secretary-General Of The
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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