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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Rhoda Weeks-Brown" <michelleamarone2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msrhodawbrown01@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:00:52 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND {IMF}.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND {IMF}.
General Counsel and Director of the IMF's Legal Department
1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20431, USA.

REF:-XVGNN82020

Date: 10/20/2022

Attn; Dear Fund Beneficiary,

First and foremost, I am Ms. Rhoda Weeks-Brown, a General Counsel and
Director of the IMF's Legal Department, for funds

unclaimed overdue payment, Atm card delivery parcels, including the
pending Consignment boxes which were held by Customs

and about to be confiscated for no reason.

This is to intimate you of Ms. Rhoda Weeks-Brown, 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 in which people like

you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/Diplomats
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

that 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 International Monetary Fund
(IMF) is now directly in charge of your payment. Your

name appeared in our payment schedule list of beneficiaries that will
receive their funds in this first quarter payment of

the year because we only transfer funds twice a year according to our
banking regulation. We apologize for the delay in

your payment, please stop communicating with any office now and pay
attention to our office payment accordingly.

Now your new Payment, United Nations Approval No; UN5685P,

White House Approved 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; Secret Code No: XXTN013.

Your payment inheritance fund is USD$10.7 Million, having received
these vital payment numbers, therefore you are qualified

now to receive and confirm your payment with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) immediately. We assure you that your

payment will get to you as long as you follow my directives and
instructions. We have decided to give you a CODE, THE CODE

IS 579. Please, any time you receive a mail with the name Ms. Rhoda
Weeks-Brown, check if there is CODE (579) if the code

is not written, please delete the message from your box!

You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any
institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will

be transferred to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear.
Any action contrary to this instruction is at your

own risk. Respond to this e-mail at: (
claiminsurer.office133@yahoo.com ) with immediate effect and we shall
give you

further details on how your fund will be released.

Regards,

Ms. Rhoda Weeks-Brown,
Legal Department General Counsel and Director.
Email: msrhodawbrown01@gmail.com


Code (579).

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoda_Weeks%E2%80%93Brown

https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/26101-2/

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