419 scam: diane park <dianepark2014@gmail.com> DIANE PARK

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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.
- raymondmcguirecitigroup@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: diane park <dianepark2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: raymondmcguirecitigroup@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:21:22 +0100
Subject: DIANE PARK

From The Desk of Kristalina Georgieva
IMF President,Washington DC

We the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Investigation Bureau Washington,DC
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 in Africa which
wasn't accomplished after a series of processes and required procedures.

Consequently we finally scheduled the dispatch of your funds to the
Citibank Washington USA for easy transfer of this funds to your account
without hitches, this decision was made due to the rate of corruption and
scam reports perpetrated by Individuals, Offices and Government, therefore
your funds was ordered to be moved or transferred to United State
immediately.

The transfer of the fund to Citibank Washington USA was successfully
executed last Friday and we just received a confirmation from the Citibank
Washington USA that the fund valued the sum of US$2,700,000.00 (Two
Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) was received by the
Bank Management, therefore we are official contacting you in this regard
letting you know that your funds are presently at Citibank Washington USA

Therefore you are advised to contact them immediately with the information
outlined below: Citibank Washington USA Contact Person:

Name: Mr. Raymond J. McGuire
E-mail: raymondmcguirecitigroup@gmail.com

Furthermore, you are expected to Identify yourself with this code of
conduct (CITI/WA/USA/885543/23), this code was given by the General Manager
of the Bank this morning for verification or easy identification so you
must use it including your email. You will be recognized as soon as you
send this code, your full name and address to the contact email address
stated above

Finally, you are advised to completely terminate all your conversation
with any other individual, authority or office in Africa or Europe who
claims to be in custody of your funds because your funds were officially
transferred to the United States yesterday under our instructions. You
completely quit all conversations with any other individual or group except
the Citibank Washington USA . Comply with all their instruction and
direction accordingly and they will transfer your funds without any delay

Yours sincerely

Diane Park,
Personal Secretary to the IMF President
Kristalina Georgieva
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Investigation Bureau Washington, DC

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