419 scam: "international finance corporation"<admin@mundoam.com.ar> RE: DID YOU SEND ANYONE TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS?

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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:
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "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)
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.
- stanleyanka@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "international finance corporation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stanleyanka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 03:21:11 -0700
Subject: RE: DID YOU SEND ANYONE TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS?

DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT:
TEL:+ 515-335-2571
UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT OFFICE
OFFICIAL PAYMENT UNIT.
Our Ref: UNO /UN/CTB
RELEASE CODE No: 0765
Email: Reply to: Email: stanleyanka@gmail.com

DID YOU SEND ANYONE TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS?

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS.

Your email was well received by the Board of directors in respect to the charges, which is needed for the documents that were not in your file. We have also informed the transfer department that they should give us time for you to be able to raise the fee, which is very important.

In view of this, you are required to try as much as you can to get back to me and let me know the amount that you will be able to get from the charges. You should not be ashamed of telling me the amount you can raise. If you can come up with the total fee then let me know or better still, you let me know what you will be able to send out, so I can assist you in raising the rest.

We got an information that one Mr. Patrick doe sent an application for the change of ownership of the funds and divulge to us that you had instructed him to change the ownership to he’s name and this will allow him ( Mr. Patrick Doe ) to claim the funds to he’s private account.

Did you instruct him to claim your funds? You have to let us know so that we know how best to proceed, this is because he has agreed to effect the final charges to have the total funds of twenty five Million United states dollars transferred in he’s name to he’s private account.

Finally we have worked out the modalities for the transfer of your funds to meet all requirements in our country ,and those of the international arbitration hence you have to get back to us and divulge to us if you are the one that sent Patrick doe to pay your charges for the preparation of your documents which were not on your file and have your funds transferred to him.

Stanley
Reply to: Email: stanleyanka@gmail.com

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