419 scam: DIANE PARK <alidadelvillar8@gmail.com> PAYMENT REMINDER

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- brownrob493@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DIANE PARK <alidadelvillar8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: brownrob493@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:24:46 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT REMINDER

Dear Beneficiary,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The European Union have
officially approved the part payment of your Fund payment Valued at US$2.5M
in conjunction with British Government.

This decision was made in late March 2020 by the IMFâ€™s Executive Board
under its various payment facility and debt service relief financed by the
Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). Overall, the IMF is
currently making about $250 billion, a quarter of its $1 trillion payment
capacity, available to beneficiaries.

Base, this development, we have been sending you mails without response,
until last week, we received a response from a man by name (Mr.Gilbert
Patrick) with an application letter stating that you gave him the power of
attorney to be the beneficiary of your outstanding payment funds. He made
us believe that you are dead and that he is your next of kin.

We got your email address and decided to send an email through this address
hoping to find out if you are dead or alive and also to find out if you at
any time gave this man the power of attorney to represent you.

Please let us know also if you are aware that we are almost ready to
transfer part payment of your outstanding funds to him nominated bank
account stated below:

Bank name : Scotia bank
Bank address: 1010 des Pres-Verts, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada, J5R 0R3
Swift Code: NOSCCATT
Bank account: 136310792622
Beneficiary name: Gilbert Patrick

At this point, If you are alive and not aware of the above instruction, You
therefore quickly advise to contact the authorized payment unit officer
with your; YOUR FULL NAME:___________YOUR ADDRESS:_____________ YOUR
OCCUPATION:__________YOUR AGE:______________YOUR DIRECT TEL:_____, for
payment approval and subsequent transfer of the funds to your account and
to stop any further communication with Mr.Gilbert Patrick

Contact Person: Robert Brown
IMF Payment Unit Officer
Email: brownrob493@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,
Ms Diane Park

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