419 scam: "Mr. Kenny Bruce"<takahiro-suzuki@infitec.co.jp> RE: GOOD DAY

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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)
- "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)
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: "Mr. Kenny Bruce" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officeimf076@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 15:10:55 -0700
Subject: RE: GOOD DAY

( I.M.F) Head Office
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington, DC, 20431 USA
REF:-XVGNN817
Phone: +16076640268

From The Desk of: Mr. Kenny Bruce,
Consultant Managing ,
International Monetary Fund Head Office
INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER YOUR APPROVED PENDING FUND.

Attn: Fund Owner,

We are delegated from the International Monetary Fund in conjunction with Internal Revenue Service of the United States (IRS), The Reserve Bank and the World Bank Directorate to pay 10 victims of scam US$5Million each. Your E-mail ID were listed and approved for this payment, however be dully informed that Every year the UNITED NATION/ INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ( IMF ) organizes a program (TAGGED) THE ANNUAL INTERNET VICTIMS COMPENSATION SCHEME AND ALSO TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD LIVING OF HER MEMBER COUNTRIES, be dully informed that this program is performed through an Email random selection and the sum of $2,800,000.00USD is always mapped out for 10 scam victims/Beneficiary each and your Email Address was among of the lucky beneficiaries to be compensated .

However, it was gathered that your overdue compensation fund worth US$2.8 Million has been deposited with TRUST MARK BANK USA for onward Online Banking payment that will be set up for you and the login details will be forwarded to you as soon as your online bank account is set up. This is to officially inform you that after our board meeting this morning over your pending compensation fund conclusion was carried out by the board of directors of IMF and some other legal authority to release your approved fund via online banking which will be set up on your name and present to you to enable you access and transfer your fund online to any bank account of your choice nation wild. Upon this development you are instructed to contact our paying bank (TRUST MARK BANK) for your online account details and keep us posted once you are in contact the bank, the contact information are as follow.

BANK CONTACT DETAILS:
Name: Mr. Bruce R. Hostler
Email: info@tmpbk.com
Phone: +15092840450

Ensure you adhere to their instruction to avoid any thing that will delay the release of your fund. Contact Mr. Bruce Hostler as advised and keep us posted to enable us guide you better for successful release of your fund.

Awaiting your update.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Kenny Bruce
Consultant Managing Director (IMF)

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