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Scam Alert - 419 type - International Monetary Fund, Hon John Obi
Apparently-from: Foreign Operations (operationsforeign044@gmail.com)
Subject: [Bulk] HELLO
Reply-to: operationsforeign001@gmail.com
To: (left blank)
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Foreign Operations Department
L A S,B24 LINEUPS
International Monetary
Fund.BXX237.VIC POST
Harding City V .G. C .
LOCK 8-9-Unity African
We officially write you to confirm the payment instruction of unclaimed fund.
The US,Europe and all over the world are majorly concerned in the said unclaimed
fund. You can go to the web site link (http://www.locatecash.com) type in your
names to know if you have been updated into our data base, if not contact
us as soon as possible through this email: (operationsforeign001@gmail.com). Your
compensation fund amount is US$5M. And its scheduled to be tranfered to you via
ATMCARD/BANK WIRE/DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY.
Please provide the below requested details upon your reply..
1) Your full Name:
2) Your full Address:
3) Your Contact Telephone and Fax No:
4) Your Profession, Age and Marital Status:
5) Any valid form of your Identification/Driven License:
Chief Financial,
Hon John Obi
Foreign Operations Department
International Monetary Fund.
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TINP http://www.tinp.net.tw/
As always, they're trying to hook you through your greed, and your apparent willingness to do something unethical (claim unclaimed funds you probably don't have a right to). This last is actually a pretty clear marker for scams - if someone you've never come across before is trying to make you do something which isn't morally or ethically right, they probably don't have your best interests at heart.
(There's also the consideration that if you've never done anything criminal before, the people who are trying to lure you into trying to flim-flam them are almost certainly more experienced in the matter than you are, and better able to spot what you're doing. For them it's the equivalent of watching a toddler trying to catch a seagull).
Scam flags:
1) Why is the International Monetary Fund contacting a suburban housewife in Western Australia offering an unclaimed fund of $5 million US dollars?
2) Why is a big organisation like the International Monetary Fund sending out emails from a gmail.com throw-away address?
3) Why, if they're contacting me to give this money away, do they need me to supply all these identification details?
4) Why, if they have $5 million to give away, aren't they willing to spend a few hundred of it on a decent proof reader and secretarial services?
Don't reply, don't give your details, and don't believe in the money. It doesn't exist.
Subject: [Bulk] HELLO
Reply-to: operationsforeign001@gmail.com
To: (left blank)
--
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Foreign Operations Department
L A S,B24 LINEUPS
International Monetary
Fund.BXX237.VIC POST
Harding City V .G. C .
LOCK 8-9-Unity African
We officially write you to confirm the payment instruction of unclaimed fund.
The US,Europe and all over the world are majorly concerned in the said unclaimed
fund. You can go to the web site link (http://www.locatecash.com) type in your
names to know if you have been updated into our data base, if not contact
us as soon as possible through this email: (operationsforeign001@gmail.com). Your
compensation fund amount is US$5M. And its scheduled to be tranfered to you via
ATMCARD/BANK WIRE/DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY.
Please provide the below requested details upon your reply..
1) Your full Name:
2) Your full Address:
3) Your Contact Telephone and Fax No:
4) Your Profession, Age and Marital Status:
5) Any valid form of your Identification/Driven License:
Chief Financial,
Hon John Obi
Foreign Operations Department
International Monetary Fund.
----------------------------------------------------------------
TINP http://www.tinp.net.tw/
As always, they're trying to hook you through your greed, and your apparent willingness to do something unethical (claim unclaimed funds you probably don't have a right to). This last is actually a pretty clear marker for scams - if someone you've never come across before is trying to make you do something which isn't morally or ethically right, they probably don't have your best interests at heart.
(There's also the consideration that if you've never done anything criminal before, the people who are trying to lure you into trying to flim-flam them are almost certainly more experienced in the matter than you are, and better able to spot what you're doing. For them it's the equivalent of watching a toddler trying to catch a seagull).
Scam flags:
1) Why is the International Monetary Fund contacting a suburban housewife in Western Australia offering an unclaimed fund of $5 million US dollars?
2) Why is a big organisation like the International Monetary Fund sending out emails from a gmail.com throw-away address?
3) Why, if they're contacting me to give this money away, do they need me to supply all these identification details?
4) Why, if they have $5 million to give away, aren't they willing to spend a few hundred of it on a decent proof reader and secretarial services?
Don't reply, don't give your details, and don't believe in the money. It doesn't exist.