419 scam: Kristalina Georgieva <joellambert034@gmail.com> Attention

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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.
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.
- georgievakristalina4848@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kristalina Georgieva <joellambert034@gmail.com>
Reply-To: georgievakristalina4848@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 07:34:26 -0700
Subject: Attention

--
This is to inform you that we the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
have been able to secure your long-overdue Grant fund of US$10.5
million from the NatWest Bank of London after several years of delays
by the bank officials who were in charge of the fund release since
2019 and they made all the funds elusive so that they can easily
divert it into their private accounts without any trace.

We detected their plots after due scrutiny and investigations with the
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and we, therefore, called for
the immediate submission of the total funds to us so that we can
handle the payment assignment to make sure all the beneficiaries
receive their Grant funds accordingly.

Your Grant fund is now under our custody and shall be released to you
as soon as we hear from you with the below information which is
required for the re-obtaining of your Grant fund legal backup
documents and certificate of ownership.

Your full name:...........
Current home address:.....
Phone number:.............

As soon as we hear from you with the above details, all the legal
documents of your outstanding Grant fund will be re-obtained from the
Supreme Court here in Washington D.C after which your long-awaited
Grant fund will be released to you.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva
IMF Managing Director
1900 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20431, United States
Contact me back now at this address below
georgievakristalina4848@gmail.com

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