Scam email #255715 - International Monetary Funds Annual Compensation
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The email was sent on 2019-01-05 14:20:03 and appeared to be from drchrisnwose789@gmail.com but this address could have been spoofed.
If you replied to this email, your reply would have been sent to customoffice826@yahoo.com which was the scammer's actual email address.
It was probably sent from 209.85.222.194 in Unknown, United States
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[email address removed] Sat, 05 Jan 2019 11:20:03 +0000
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209.85.222.194
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from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO mail-qk1-f194.google.com) (209.85.222.194)
by mta4479.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTPS; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 11:20:03 +0000
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for [email address removed] Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:20:03 -0800 (PST)
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by 2002:a37:ac5:: with SMTP id 188mr50615866qkk.135.1546687202798;
Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:20:02 -0800 (PST)
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"Mr. Samuel Etemeh" [email address removed]
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Sat, 5 Jan 2019 12:20:01 +0100
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International Monetary Funds Annual Compensation
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[email address removed]
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2488
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The scam
International Monetary Funds Annual Compensation
We are instructed by Federal Government of Nigeria and the reparation
committee in conjunction with the International Monetary Funds Annual
Compensation been set up by the countries of West Africa to transfer
your fund to you via our service (western union transfer) so you will
be receiving 5 reference number of $5,000 usd each daily until we
complete the correct amount of ($500,000usd). meanwhile you are
required to fill the remittance form and send the release order
charges which is $120 usd for the release of your 1 control number of
$5,000.00 usd that we have already remit to your name because without
that you cannot pick the money for it is on hold.
Note: the reason why we need you to pay the $120 usd is that we tried
to deduct the release order fee out from your fund but the ministry
administrator trust fund of Nigeria told us that no one has access
over your fund as it has been signed and stamped that no money should
be deducted until it get to you to avoid any misunderstanding because
if any one has access to that it will involve you losing your fund, no
one has to be trusted even your mother or your father.
Here is the information of the 1 reference number of $5,000.00usd usd
which we will send today to you but the 1 control number of $5,000usd,
will remain on hold until you pay the release order charges of $120
before we can releases it to you so you can track it with our web
site.
Money control number : 952 950 9620
Sender's first name: Samuel
Sender's last name: Etemeh
Control number :# 952 950 9620 track the control number by
visit:::::::::
https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/self-service/app/tracktransfer )
make sure you track number and see if the money is there or not.
Finally update us with the filled remittance form and the $120 usd to
enable us proceed on your payment immediately, below is the
information you will use to remit the $120 usd via Western Union
transfer been the release order charge for your 1 control number of
$5,000usd.
Most important now, you have to re-confirm your current receivers
As soon as we received the payment information of the $120 you will be
able to cash the $5,000, call me or text me as soon as you make the
payment here is my direct phone number:+2348035294585
Mr. Samuel Etemeh
Manager director for western union
SpamAssassin Report (spam score: 5.9)
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0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60% [score:
0.4659]
0.0 TVD_RCVD_IP4 Message was received from an IPv4 address
0.0 TVD_RCVD_IP Message was received from an IP address
0.2 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends in digit
(drchrisnwose789[at]gmail.com)
0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail
provider (drchrisnwose789[at]gmail.com)
0.2 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT Reply-To freemail username ends in digit
(customoffice826[at]yahoo.com)
0.0 DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED No valid author signature, adsp_override is
CUSTOM_MED
-0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record
-0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no
trust [209.85.222.194 listed in list.dnswl.org]
0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not
necessarily valid
0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money
0.1 DKIM_INVALID DKIM or DK signature exists, but is not valid
0.0 HK_NAME_FM_MR_MRS No description available.
1.0 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO Reply-To/From or Reply-To/body contain different
freemails
0.9 NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED ADSP custom_med hit, and not from a mailing list
2.5 MONEY_FRAUD_5 Lots of money and many fraud phrases
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