419 scam: MICROSOFT <ibamaxxysam@gmail.com> Hello

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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:
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- mrtonye40@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MICROSOFT <ibamaxxysam@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrtonye40@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:10:55 +0000
Subject: Hello

DÄ—mesio: fondo naudos gavÄ—jas,

IÅ¡siunÄiau Å¡Ä¯ laiÅ¡kÄ… prieÅ¡ mÄ—nesÄ¯, bet nieko iÅ¡ jÅ«sÅ³ negirdÄ—jau, nesu
tikras, ar gavai, ar ne, todÄ—l sakau dar kartÄ…, visÅ³ pirma. , AÅ¡ esu ponia
Kristalina Giugeva, Generalinis direktorius ir International prezidentas.
valiutos fondas.

TiesÄ… sakant, mes iÅ¡tyrÄ—me visas kliÅ«tis ir problemas, susijusias su jÅ«sÅ³
neuÅ¾baigtomis operacijomis ir jÅ«sÅ³ nesugebÄ—jimu sumokÄ—ti pervedimo
mokesÄiÅ³, taikomÅ³ uÅ¾ ankstesnes pervedimo parinktis. NorÄ—dami patvirtinti,
apsilankykite mÅ«sÅ³ svetainÄ—je adresu www.imf.org

Esame Pasaulio banko ir Tarptautinio valiutos fondo (TVF) VaÅ¡ingtono DC
direktoriÅ³ valdyba. Kartu su IÅ¾do departamentu ir tam tikromis kitomis
atitinkamomis tyrimÅ³ agentÅ«romis JungtinÄ—se Amerikos Valstijose. nurodÄ—
mÅ«sÅ³ Jungtinio Afrikos banko Lome Togo uÅ¾sienio mokÄ—jimÅ³ perlaidÅ³ skyriui
iÅ¡duoti â€žVisaâ€œ kortelÄ™, Ä¯ kuriÄ… Ä¯ jÅ«sÅ³ fondÄ… bus Ä¯kelta 1,5 mln. USD, kad
vÄ—liau galÄ—tumÄ—te iÅ¡siimti.

Vykdydami tyrimÄ… su pasibaisÄ—jimu supratome, kad korumpuoti banko
pareigÅ«nai be reikalo atidÄ—jo jÅ«sÅ³ mokÄ—jimÄ…, bandydami pervesti jÅ«sÅ³ lÄ—Å¡as
Ä¯ jÅ«sÅ³ privaÄias sÄ…skaitas.

Ir Å¡iandien informuojame, kad jÅ«sÅ³ lÄ—Å¡as UBA bankas Ä¯neÅ¡Ä— Ä¯ VISA kortelÄ™ ir
ji yra paruoÅ¡ta pristatyti. Dabar susisiekite su UBA banko palaikymo
tarnyba p. Tony Elumelu El. paÅ¡tas (mrtonye40@gmail.com) AtsiÅ³skite jam Å¡iÄ…
informacijÄ…. JÅ«sÅ³ pripaÅ¾intos Visa bankomato kortelÄ—s pristatymui JÅ«sÅ³
adresu.

Visas jÅ«sÅ³ vardas==================
JÅ«sÅ³ kilmÄ—s Å¡alis =======
JÅ«sÅ³ adresas =======
JÅ«sÅ³ telefonas =======
JÅ«sÅ³ paso kopija =======

Su geriausiais linkÄ—jimais
ponia Kristalina

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