419 scam: " I.M.F.Head Office"<nanbot4real@gmail.com> URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED

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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:

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:
- "fund beneficiary" (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.
- imf.orgi@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: " I.M.F.Head Office"<nanbot4real@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imf.orgi@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:22:36 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED

( I.M.F ) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington,
DC 20431, USA.
REF:-XVGNN82018
phone No:+13602917610.
Email:imf.orgi@aol.com
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Attention; Fund Beneficiary,
This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a=
great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experienc=
ing in getting your long over due payment, due to excessive demand for mone=
y from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which=
your fund remain unpaid to you. I am Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, a highly pl=
aced official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you=
to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on=
the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Cour=
ier Companies/Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk. We have=
decided to put a stop to that.
All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance Companies, =
Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact =
with you of late have been instructed to back off from your transaction and=
you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the Internation=
al Monetary Fund (IMF) is now directly in charge of your payment. Your name=
appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that will receive t=
heir funds in this first quarter payment of the year because we only transf=
er fund twice in a year according to our banking regulation. We apologize f=
or the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office =
now and attention to our office payment accordingly.
Now your new Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House Appr=
oved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632, Password No=
: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103,=
Released Code No: 0763; Immediate (IMF) Telex confirmation No: -1114433; S=
ecret Code No: XXTN013.
Your payment inheritance fund is USD$10.7Million. Having received these vi=
tal payment numbers, therefore you are qualified now to received and confir=
m your payment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) immediately. We a=
ssure you that your payment will get to you as long as you follow my direct=
ives and instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE IS: 047=
. Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Christine Lagarde, chec=
k if there is CODE (047) if the code is not written, please delete the mass=
age from your box!
You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions wi=
th respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you dire=
ctly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this ins=
truction is at your own risk. Respond to this e-mail on: (imf.orgi@aol.com =
) with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your =
fund will be released.
=

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund. (I.M.F)(047).

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