419 scam: HEAD OFFICE <yohannadavidshedua1994@gmail.com> COMPENSATION PAYMENT FOR 2022

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "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.fundcompensationdepartment@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HEAD OFFICE <yohannadavidshedua1994@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imf.fundcompensationdepartment@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 09:48:23 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION PAYMENT FOR 2022

(I.M.F) Head Office
Senior Resident Representative
# 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20431 United States.(I.M.F) (791).

LETTER FOR RELEASING YOUR FUND ... TRANSACTION CODE (791)

Good day,
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
experiencing in getting your long overdue payment, due to excessive demand
for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies
after which your fund remains unpaid to you. I am Ms. Kristalina Georgieva,
a highly placed 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 Courier Companies/Diplomat across Europe to Africa and
Asia /London Uk. We have decided to put a stop to that.

Your funds will be release to you by the paying bank for immediate payment .
it was discovered during this meeting that no funds has been paid to you
all this years of pursuit. The funds is now ready to be release to you since
you have been approved to receive/claim this compensation payment of
$10.7Million ($10,700,000.00 USD).

............... VITAL PAYMENT NUMBERS ...............

UNITED NATIONS FUND Approval No; IMF5685P,
Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632,
Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit
Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 791; Immediate (IMF)
Telex confirmation
No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013. Transaction Code {791}

We have instructions to release your payment to you.
The International monetary fund (IMF) is sorry for the delay of your
funds release.
kindly Respond to this e-mail on [ imf.fundcompensationdepartment@gmail.com ]
with immediate effect and we shall give you
further details on how your fund will be released.

Regards.

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

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