419 scam: "MRS.KHUMALO" <gordoneldon@gmail.com> COMPENSATION

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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:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- contactimfdept@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.KHUMALO" <gordoneldon@gmail.com>
Reply-To: khumalo002@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 07:09:40 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION

Attn: Beneficiary

I.M.F (International monetary fund) Scam Victims compensations payments.

My name is Marzhel Nicolas from Manila, Philippines email address-
contactimfdept@gmail.com . International
monetary fund appointed me to investigate and assist people in your
situation to receive their compensation payment $1,000,000 (One
Million United States Dollars) You are listed and approved for this
payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, Get back
to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your
$1,000,000 (One Million United States Dollars) compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, during the last I.M.F meetings held
in Manila, Philippines. The main topic in the meeting was advance fee
fraud such as obtaining by false pretense through different
fraudulent schemes e.g. contract scam, inheritance scam, job scam,
loan scam, lottery award scam, â€œwash washâ€ scam (money washing scam),.
Immigration scam, marriage scam, counterfeiting and religious scam. It
was alarmed so much by the world leaders in the meetings on the loss
of funds by various individuals to the scam syndicates operating all
over the world.

In this regard, one hundred and six (106) scammers have been arrested
worldwide so far and arrest is still going on. We have recovered the
total sum of $100,000,000 (One hundred million United States dollars)
from them in both cash and assets confirmed to have come from their
victims. Thousands of email addresses of their victims (which include
yours) have also been recovered from their address books. It is at
this juncture that am contacting you because you are now listed as one
of the beneficiaries of the I.M.F compensation payment .You are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any of the scam
syndicates For any reason what so ever as the Interpol is already on
trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all
apprehended. Remember that you are not the only scam victim, but you
are lucky to fall among one of the people that will be getting these
compensation funds, so if you feel reluctant to claim it, we will
cancel your name.

Payment method according to the paying bank: ATM card payment
method,certified bank check or bank to bank transfer.To receive this
payment in form of an ATM card payment method means that the $1,
000.000 (One Million United States Dollars Only) will be loaded in the
ATM card, this ATM card will be used to withdraw money from any ATM
machine worldwide whether you have bank account or not and the maximum
you can withdraw a day is $5,000 US dollar. Please kindly indicate to
me whether to receive your fund through ATM card, certified check or
bank to bank transfer.Sorry if you received this mail in your spam
folder, is due to recent connection error from the service provider. I
await your response through my office email- contactimfdept@gmail.com
.Note:This is your scam victim"s payment reference
file number CESF257LUK

Do have a great day.
Mrs. Marzhel Nicolas
Continental Exchange Solutions.
Gerardo Tuazon Street Manila, Philippines

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