419 scam: "IMF DEPT" <press@szfo-rosleshoz.ru> TREAT URGENTLY

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
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.
- mountsavings@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IMF DEPT" <press@szfo-rosleshoz.ru>
Reply-To: mountsavings@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:17:26 +0200
Subject: TREAT URGENTLY

Attention please,

We the Investigation Bureau Washington,DC (FBI) in conjunction with other relevant Investigation agencies, we wish to inform you that we recently received several reports through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you have a transaction which wasn't accomplished after a series of processes and required procedures.

Consequently we finally scheduled the dispatch of your funds to the Mount Savings Bank for easy transfer of these funds to your account without any hitches, this decision was made due to the rate of corruption and scam reports perpetrated by Individuals and Offices, therefore your funds was ordered to be moved or transferred to safe custody of Mount Savings Bank.

The transfer of the fund to Mount Savings Bank was successfully executed this morning and we just received a confirmation from the correspondent Bank (Mount Savings Bank) that the fund valued the sum of $5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars) was received by the Bank Management, therefore we are officially contacting you in this regard letting you know that your funds are presently at Mount Savings Bank.

Therefore you are advised to contact them immediately with the information outlined below:

Mount Savings Bank:

Contact person: Mr. Floyd Kenneth Jr.

Email: mountsavings@usa.com

Phone: +1 915 900 2431

Furthermore, you are expected to Identify yourself with this code of conduct (MSB9903127), this code was given by the Board Management of the Bank this morning for verification or easy identification so you must include it in your email as identification code. You will be recognized as soon as you send this code, your full name and address should also be sent to the bank's email address stated above, you can also contact their representative on his direct telephone number as stated above.

Finally, you are advised to completely terminate all your conversation or correspondence with any other individual, authority or office who claims to be in custody of your funds because your funds were officially transferred to Mount Savings Bank this morning under federal instructions.

Therefore adhere to their instruction to enable them to serve you fervently.

Yours sincerely
Investigation Bureau Washington, DC,
International Monetary Fund

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