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Scammer email posted Mon Feb 11 20:31:47 2013

Subject: 	INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Date: 	Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:57:17 -0600
From: 	Barry Bentman
Reply-To: 	

From: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS
Reply To:barrybentman@yahoo.cn
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE???

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
23 HERBERT MARCULARY AVENUE
WUSE 2 GARKI ABUJA
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY

Attention

A power of attorney was forwarded to our office this morning by two gentle 
men, one of them is an American national and he is MR DAVID DEANE by name 
while the other person is MR JACK MORGAN by name a CANADIAN national.

This gentlemen claimed to be your representative, and this power of attorney 
stated that you are dead, they brought an account to replace your 
informations in other to claim your fund of $8.5 Million USD which it is 
right now lying DORMANT and UNCLAIMED, below is the new account they have 
submitted:

BANK.-HSBC CANADA
QUEZON AVE. DELTA BRANCH
QUEZON CITY, CANADA
ACCOUNT NO. 2984-0008-66
SWIFT CODE. BOPIPHMM

Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffered 
and died of a throat cancer. You are therefore given 24hrs to confirm the 
truth in this information, If you are still alive, You are to contact us back 
immediately, Because we work 24 hrs just to ensure that we monitor all the 
activities going on in regards to the transfer of beneficiaries inheritance 
and contract payment. Please you are hereby advice to reconfirm the below 
information to this honorable office for confirmation to help us serve you 
better.

Your Full Name.................
Your Country Address...........
Your Home Address..............
Occupation.....................
Tele Or Cell Phone..............
Age.................................
A Copy Of Your ID...............

You are to call this office immediately for clarifications on this matter as 
we shall be available 24 hrs to speak with you and give you the necessary 
guidelines on how to ensure that your payment is wired to you immediately.
Just also be informed that any further delay from your side could be 
dangerous, as we would not be held responsible of wrong payment.

Thank you.
Barry Bentman
International Monetary Funds Agent
+2348125424008

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If you received an email like this you have several choices.

Ignore the scammer. Do not respond to emails. Just delete them.
Respond, but only to lead the scammer on--to get a counterfeit check, to report stolen credit card numbers, and to waste the scammer's time. Time spent trying to scam you is time not spent scamming someone else.
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Whichever option you choose make sure you do the following:

DO NOT educate the scammer in any way. Educating a scammer makes them better at scamming the next person.
DO NOT let the scammer know that YOU KNOW they are a scammer. The scammer will always be nice to you if they think there's a chance they may still be able to scam you. If they know they've been discovered they will often threaten you. Their threats are empty, but are scary to some people.
DO NOT give the scammer any personal information that they cannot find in a phone book (name, address, and phone.) Feel free to give them lots of incorrect information.

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