International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
IMF Compensation Scam
Scammers take what are often legal compensation schemes and use them pretending to be that authority or they invent a completely new compensation scheme and pretend to be that authority. Let's state at the outset the IMF (The International Monetary Fund) does not seek out persons due compensation and it certainly does not do it from free e-mail provider email accounts.
The only people who may offer compensation within the UK for money lost through scams are financial institutions such as Banks and you have to apply for the compensation, they do not contact you offering compensation. Let's see how the "International Monetary Fund" reaches out to you with a specific amount of compensation not knowing how much you may have lost or even if you have been scammed in the past.
E-Mail received:
Date: 17/12/2024, 11:49
From: Mrs. Theresa Cater 1040050238@pracharath.ac.th
To: undisclosed recipients
Bcc: info2000247@gmail.com
Subject: ***SPAM*** FINAL NOTICE FOR YOUR APPROVED ENTITLEMENT FUND PAYMENT.
FINAL NOTICE FOR YOUR APPROVED ENTITLEMENT FUND PAYMENT.
Good day to you,
This letter is from the World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau under the service of International Monetary Fund (I.M.F), after series of meetings held by the World leading organizations, the US government, IMF, Work Bank, UN Human Rights Committee, and the European Union with some officials of the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding the petitions and complaints received from different parts of the world against scam activities going on around African countries, like Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina-Faso, Senegal, South Africa, and other continents of the world such as European countries, Asian countries (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and others) Middle East countries, South American countries, and North America (USA, Mexico and Canada) etc.
This body was set up to investigate, discover, and recover all funds being owed to governments, companies, or individuals all over the world through contract payments, compensation payments, inheritance, lottery winning, grants, donations, or award prizes, and then disburse the funds to the right beneficiaries.
It will interest you to know that we have found an unpaid/unclaimed sum of money in your favor, and a mandate has been given to us, the World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau/IMF, to ensure that the fund is released to you without further delays. We are glad to inform you that you are entitled to receive the sum of $25, 500,000.00 Million United States dollars from the funds recovered from unclaimed funds, confiscated properties, here is your new payment reference file no. WOC/IMF2024/25M for the claim of your overdue funds.
You are required to select the most suitable method for receiving your funds from the available options. You have the following options for receiving your funds: Diplomatic Arrangement by Cash Delivery, International Certified Bank Check, ATM Card, Bank Direct Transfer, or Online Banking for easy fund transfers.
Importantly, payment centers have been established worldwide to facilitate easy and secure transactions. We have a payment center in Europe, the United States, and Asia; therefore, you are required to indicate your preferred payment center to enable us to coordinate and schedule your fund release. The main purpose of this new payment system is to ensure consistency and transparency.
Please provide the information listed below
Name:
Home Address:
Any valid form of identification:
Indicate your preferred Payment Center:
The only monetary obligation you have to fulfill for the claim of your long-awaited fund is $450.00 for acquiring a Payment Authorization Certificate from the Supreme Court, ensuring the authenticity of the fund release process. We kindly request that you quote your payment reference number WOC/IMF2024/25M as the subject when contacting the payment officer.
NOTE: We are going to complete the payment of your overdue fund with 72 hours via your preferred payment option, once you provide us with your personal information as listed above, and the required fee for obtaining Payment Authorization Certificate from the Supreme Court and then state your preferred payment option from the available options preferred to you.
Please reach out to our payment officer, using the contact information provided below for further assistance.
Contact Person: Mr. David Vall
Email: infoinfo20024@gmail.com
Position: Finance Department Director
Thank you for your understanding and kind cooperation.
Best regards,
Mrs. Theresa Cater,
Fund Discovery Management.
Notes: Let's look at the red flags... email received from an academic domain in Thailand, I would have expected the World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau to be based in New York or possibly Zurich, Switzerland. Thailand does not fit as being the place such a presigeous organisation was based. The e-mail is sent to many recipients and there is a confusion whether you should reply to info2000247@gmail.com or the contact e-mail address at the end of the e-mail infoinfo20024@gmail.com, neither of these free e-mail addresses being indicative of the IMF.
The amount of compensation being offered to anyone who replies is US$25.5 million. You do however have to pay out in advance (hence the advance fee fraud) US$450 "for acquiring a Payment Authorization Certificate from the Supreme Court, ensuring authenticity of the fund release process". I am not sure if the scammers just intend to take just the US$450 or whether if the US$450 is paid then further fees will be invented that have to be paid.
Other procedures are mentioned in the e-mail these include "Diplomatic Arrangement by Cash Delivery" (Diplomats do not deliver cash!), choice of payment centers. I am sure wherever you might specify they will have a nearby payment center. I am also sure whether you quote the "payment reference number WOC/IMF2024/25M as the subject when contacting the payment officer" or not the scam will proceed.
Recommendation:
The e-mail was automatically marked as spam, just delete. Sad to say there will be some people somewhere who will fall for Mrs Theresa Cater/Mr David Vall's scam
Michael Fowler
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