Suspected spammer: [email protected]
Received by us: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:54:41 +0000 (UTC)
SpamAssasin rating: 5.1
Email analysis
This email is a clear example of a scam that impersonates a reputable organization—in this case, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—to defraud recipients. There are several red flags that indicate the fraudulent nature of this correspondence. Firstly, the use of a generic Gmail address ([email protected]) rather than an official UN or IMF domain is a significant warning sign. Legitimate organizations do not use free email services for official communication.
The language used throughout the email is unprofessional and riddled with grammatical errors, suggesting a lack of authenticity. Phrases such as “attention beneficiary” and the awkward sentence structure contribute to its spammy appearance. Furthermore, the email claims that the recipient is eligible for a compensation of $750,000 for an unspecified outstanding fund—a tactic designed to evoke curiosity and urgency.
The request for sensitive personal information, including a copy of the recipient’s passport and private contact details, is highly suspicious. Scammers often attempt to extract such information for identity theft or to further their scams. Legitimate organizations would never solicit this information in this manner. Recipients are advised to avoid responding, clicking on links, or providing any personal information in response to unsolicited emails claiming to offer financial compensation, especially from unverified sources.
The email's subject was excessively long. For aesthetic reasons, we truncated it. The full version is reproduced below.
FROM: MRS. MARY JOHNSON(.SECRETARY UN AUDIT MONITORING UNIT ON FINANCIAL MATTERS)
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FROM: MRS. MARY JOHNSON(.SECRETARY UN AUDIT MONITORING UNIT ON FINANCIAL MATTERS)
Attention Beneficiary,
We are hereby informing you regarding the transaction concerning your outstanding fund which you are having with the Bank in Ivory Coast which was discovered through our network gazette in USA through the great assistance of the IMF Director Mm Kristalina Georgieva on Financial matters
However, during our first meeting of this first early year 2025 due to certain reports from the International Communities , European Union , World Bank Auditors concerning the Foreign debts after so many investigations we discovered that a lot of foreigners that awarded contracts, Inheritance, Lottery Winning in west Africa Region which you are among those has not been paid due to certain unnecessary demands of fees from the banks and some government bodies.
For this reason, the United Nation and the IMF has now approved to compensate you with the sum of $750,000. 00 Dollars with 7 among others. And as soon as you respond back, The IMF Will take it up from there and to make sure everything goes The Payment will Be Issued through the IMF through BANK to Bank Transfer.
We Need Your Current Address Passport Copy, First And Second Pages, Your Private Telephone Number So that As Soon As you Received your fund you shall call for confirmation of receipt of fund in your account
Yours Sincerely
MRS. MARY JOHNSON
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FROM: MRS. MARY JOHNSON(.SECRETARY UN AUDIT MONITORING UNIT ON FINANCIAL MATTERS)
Attention Beneficiary,
We are hereby informing you regarding the transaction concerning your outstanding fund which you are having with the Bank in Ivory Coast which was discovered through our network gazette in USA through the great assistance of the IMF Director Mm Kristalina Georgieva on Financial matters
However, during our first meeting of this first early year 2025 due to certain reports from the International Communities , European Union , World Bank Auditors concerning the Foreign debts after so many investigations we discovered that a lot of foreigners that awarded contracts, Inheritance, Lottery Winning in west Africa Region which you are among those has not been paid due to certain unnecessary demands of fees from the banks and some government bodies.
For this reason, the United Nation and the IMF has now approved to compensate you with the sum of $750,000. 00 Dollars with 7 among others. And as soon as you respond back, The IMF Will take it up from there and to make sure everything goes The Payment will Be Issued through the IMF through BANK to Bank Transfer.
We Need Your Current Address Passport Copy, First And Second Pages, Your Private Telephone Number So that As Soon As you Received your fund you shall call for confirmation of receipt of fund in your account
Yours Sincerely
MRS. MARY JOHNSON