419 scam: "IMF." <drdavidpaul2010@gmail.com> Notice!

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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." <drdavidpaul2010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rodume@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 05:35:40 +0100
Subject: Notice!

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International Monetary Fund.(IMF)
Address:700 19th St NW, Washington,
DC 20431,United States

Hello,
I am very sorry I have to reach you through this medium. I am a member
of the International Debt Recovery Unit and I am aware of your ordeal
about your unpaid fund.
It may interest you to know that not long after the Debt Management
Office (IMF) completed the merger and acquisition process of all
pending payments occasion through the petition raised by the
international community about their unpaid funds. I discovered that
their boss connived with some top officials to divert funds approve to
settle unpaid inheritances, email lottery winners, Internet scam
victims, unclaimed consignments(concealed funds) and International
Contractors.

The IMF has already given approval for the payment of your fund but
they deliberately withheld your payment file and continue to demand
fees from you through their associates from different unassigned
affiliates mostly from Africa, US and the Netherlands all in an
attempt to frustrate you and enrich themselves. I wonder why you
havenâ€™t notice all this while.

You may choose to disbelieve this email as inconceivable but my
doctrine does not permit such act, reason I have to open up to you to
seek the right channel. Your fund was authorize to be paid to you
through the IMF asset management firm with a Claim Code Numbers, which
was supposed to have been issued to you before now.

Upon your response, I shall guide you through and provide you with
details to contact the assigned affiliate who will expeditiously
facilitate the release of your fund.

Thanks and have a wonderful day.

Best Regards,
Rav Calvin Odume.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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