419 scam: "IMF, Information Department" <eyapuisaac@gmail.com> Dear email owner,

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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.
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.
- imfinformationdepartment01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IMF, Information Department" <eyapuisaac@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imfinformationdepartment01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:19:53 -0700
Subject: Dear email owner,

Sehr geehrter E-Mail-Besitzer,

Hiermit mÃ¶chten wir Sie darÃ¼ber informieren, dass Ihre E-Mail-Adresse
zufÃ¤llig ausgewÃ¤hlt wurde, um vom IWF einen EntschÃ¤digungsfonds Ã¼ber
eine Visa-Geldautomatenkarte im Wert von 1,8 Millionen US-Dollar zu
erhalten. Daher mÃ¶chten wir auch bestÃ¤tigen, ob Ihre E-Mail-Adresse
noch gÃ¼ltig ist, nur fÃ¼r den Fall, dass ja, empfehlen wir Ihnen, sich
an unsere Informationsabteilung {imfinformationdepartment01@gmail.com
} zu wenden, um zu bestÃ¤tigen, dass Ihre E-Mail-Adresse noch gÃ¼ltig
ist, und auch fÃ¼r weitere Informationen Ã¼ber den Fonds und wie Sie
Ihren Ausgleichsfonds beantragen / erhalten. IWF,
Informationsabteilung.

Vielen Dank fÃ¼r Ihr VerstÃ¤ndnis, wenn Sie den Anweisungen folgen.
YourInServices.
Frau Amanda Lincoln,
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