419 scam: "IMF"<root@carol-i.com> IMF DONATION FUNDS FOR YOU

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "IMF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imfofficial679@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:01:12 -0700
Subject: IMF DONATION FUNDS FOR YOU

IMF (HQ1): International Monetary Fund,
700 19th Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20431

We are bringing greetings of Happy Year to you. This message is sent
to you as a notification that you have been chosen to benefit from
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annually Donation / Giving Together
as charity aimed at touching lives and helping those that we can
across the globe.

I'm Julie Kozack The Director of Communications and Spokesperson for
the International Monetary Fund, on October 27, 2022 I.M.F Managing
Director general and Our teams voluntarily decided to donate the sum
of US$20M to each of twenty people individually, randomly from different
sources and modes so as to touch lives from different angles, as part
of I.M.F Annually Donation / Giving Together.

You have been listed as one of the lucky individual to receive $20
Million, This donation is made out to you to enable you strengthen
your personal issues and mostly to generously help us extend hands of
giving to the less privileged, orphans within your locality.

Get back to me on how to receive the donation

Thanks
Mrs.Julie Kozack

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