419 scam: GLEN JOHNSON Your Attention is Urgently Needed

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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.
- www.imf2017@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GLEN JOHNSON
Reply-To: <www.imf2017@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:42:09 -0700
Subject: Your Attention is Urgently Needed

IMF Office Of Investigation Task Force
Address: 700 19th St NW, Washington,
DC 20431, United States

GOOD DAY BENEFICIARY

Note: if you found this email in your junk/spam, it's because of your
internet ip server.........

The International Monetary Fund IMF is compensating all the
scam victims with US$3.500,000 Million each, and your email address was
found in the scam victim's list. The Investigation Task Force has been
mandated by the IMF to deliver your compensation to you via ATM Card.

We need your information as where we will be sending the funds, such as,

Receiver name:-_____
Address:-__________
Country:-_________
Mobile number:-_______
Occupation:-_________

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF
within 72 hours if we did not hear from you, this was the
instruction given to us by the IMF. email me now on;
www.imf2017@gmail.com
for more details.

Thanks,

Mr Glen Johnson
Investigation Task Force Team Leader
Contact: +1 (202) 892-6000

Anti-fraud resources:

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