SCAM ALERT—SCAM ALERT—SCAM ALERT

Here’s a new e-mail scam alert in the name of the International Monetary Fund.

Note how the scammer seeks to obtain your personal information and $175.00 of your hard-earned money (highlighted in RED).  Never reply to an e-mail of this type.

FROM THE DESK OF DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN

PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.

This is to officially inform you that ATM card number: 5428 0500 1100 4432 worth Three Million United States Dollars ($3 Million USD) has been credited in your favor in bid to compensate you on your winning sum since you are next on our compensation file for the second part of this fiscal Year 2009.

Your personal identification is ATM-5379. Contact the verification officer in African Region (Dr. Paul Omego) E-mail: atm.paymentdept2341@gmail.com

Tell: (+234) 1 4315436 with the below details for proper verification and immediate delivery of your prize via ATM CARD:

1) Your full Name…………….

2) Your Delivery Address………

3) Country………………

4) Your Telephone Number………….

5) Age and Occupation…………..

Most importantly, you are also required to send him the sum of $175 fee for your ATM CARD delivery.

NOTE: be aware that US$3,000,000.00 (Three Million United States Dollars Only) was awarded to you as a compensation payment and be also informed that the Fund Approvals and authorization documents have been handed over to DR. PAUL OMEGO.

Best Regards

DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN

PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

TWO TYPICAL E-MAIL SCAMS ARE SHOWN BELOW. THE FIRST SCAM HAS A DUAL PURPOSE: TO COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TO STEAL YOUR MONEY. ANY CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS DEPOSITED FROM THIS SOURCE WILL BE EITHER FORGERIES OR NSF. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY AND MAY EVEN BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WILL ALSO END UP BEING CLOSED. IF THIS SCAMMER FINDS ONE SUCKER FROM EVERY 100 E-MAILS HE SEND OUT, HE WILL BE AHEAD FINANCIALLY.

NEVER RESPOND TO THIS TYPE OF E-MAIL OFFER. IT IS NOT REAL!!

Good tidings to you as you read.

Please permit me to write you irrespective of the fact we have not met before.

I got your contact through network online hence I decided to write you. I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn up to $7,000 a month as extra income. Opening an account would have been my best choice if I was not working on a deadline that must meet a 24 hour turn around time, other options are not on my side due to time, money, and requirements.

This is why I am offering a part time opportunity to someone responsible who can supply prompt assistant and service.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Work as my payment assistant in charge of collecting and processing the payments from the associates.

1. Receive payment (inform of money orders/checks) from my Clients/Associates.

2. Cash the Payments at your Bank

3. Deduct 10%, which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.

4. You will then forward the balance via Western Union Money Transfer according to my instruction.

REQUIREMENT:

18 years or older.

Responsible, Reliable and Trustworthy

Available to work a minimum 3-4 hours per week.

Able to check and respond to emails often.

Easy telephone access.

IS THIS LEGAL? YES

It is very legal, Doing this job is 100% safe and legal. I would be glad if you accept my proposal for an opportunity to make up 10% of each transaction completed.

YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

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HAVE YOU HANDLED LARGE FUNDS, HOW MUCH AND HOW SUCCESSFULLY?

Please reply via email with complete information as requested:

A. NAME:

B. STREET ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX):

C. CITY:

D. STATE:

E. ZIP CODE:

F. COUNTRY:

G. MOBILE NUMBER:

H. AGE:

I. SEX:

J. OCCUPATION:

K. E MAIL:

All replies should be sent to: dr.collins.smith@gmail.com

Regards,

Dr Collins Smith.

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HERE IS ANOTHER SCAM OUT OF NIGERIA WHICH MANY CONSIDER ‘WORLD SCAMMER HEADQUARTERS’. IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. TO RESPOND TO THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS MISTAKE INDEED! NOTE THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND POOR GRAMMAR IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE

Bank of Englan/UNITED NATIONS 2009 COMPENSATION

From Foreign Payment Director,

Barclays Bank of London.

Mr. Ronald Mark

E-mail {compensationoff_0@live.com}

ATTN: SCAMMED VICTIM/ 1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 1 MILLION USD.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Barclays Bank of London to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at London, England, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to retain the good image of the country, the British Prime Minister is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1 Million USD each this is because British is the father of Nigeria since they are the colonel father and they gave Nigeria independent, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Barclays Bank as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Bank of England.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

For more vital information, please

visit:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, DRAFT, PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS, I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you at my private email address :

{compensationoff_0@live.com}

Yours faithfully,

Ronald Mark