You received a scam email from someone pretending to be Antoinette Sayeh. This is a common tactic used by fraudsters to trick you into giving away your personal information or money. Please do not reply to this email or click on any links in it. It is not from the United Nations or the International Monetary Fund.
The email address of the sender does not match the official domain name of the IMF, which is @imf.org. The email address of the real Antoinette Sayeh is asayeh@imf.org.
The email contains grammatical and spelling errors, such as “This message is officially from the United Nations”, “your Funds Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only”, and “if real you are Alive”.
The email asks for your personal identification, occupation, and address, which are not required for any legitimate transaction or compensation.
The email claims that you are a scam victim and that you have a large amount of money waiting for you, but you never applied for or expected such a payment.
The email creates a sense of urgency and pressure by saying that you have to respond within 24 or 48 hours, or else your funds will be transferred to someone else.
These are all signs of a phishing scam, which is an attempt to obtain your personal or financial information by impersonating a trustworthy entity.
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“This message is officially from the United Nations, this is to notify
you that your Funds Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only has been officially released, but now our problem here is
that one Cynthia Edward came to informed us that you are DEAD as a
result of COVID 19 and before your death you instructed her to make
claim of your funds USD $5.5 Million that was long abandoned in your
name with MORGAN STANLY BANK NY.”This message is officially from the United Nations, this is to notify
you that your Funds Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only has been officially released, but now our problem here is
that one Cynthia Edward came to informed us that you are DEAD as a
result of COVID 19 and before your death you instructed her to make
claim of your funds USD $5.5 Million that was long abandoned in your
name with MORGAN STANLY BANK NY.
This Fund Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is
officially approved as SCAM VICTIMS’ COMPENSATION to you.
So here comes the big question…. This question has been BIG PROBLEMS
to the Board Directors of MORGAN STANLY BANK, not knowing whom to
TRANSFER YOUR FUNDS to, please just get back immediately, if real you
are Alive.
(:i) Did you authorize Cynthia Edward to come for your claim?
(ii) Are you truly Dead OR Alive?
If (NO) you are hereby advising as a matter of urgency to reconfirm the
details of this message within 24hours, hence your funds shall be
wired into her account without any more delay.
Lastly, you are advised to reconfirm the details of this message and
get back immediately with the information!
below.
1.Full name: ………………………..
2.Direct telephone number: ………………..
3.Address: ………………………..
4.Your personal identification to enable us to confirm you are not dead.
5.Current occupation and address.
This information’s above must be provided for reconfirmation to Enable
the Morgan Stanly Bank carry out your payment to you.
If you fail to respond back within 48hours, your funds will be
remit/wire into her account.
Lastly, do get back to me immediately, this will enable me to update
my official record.
WHAT I REQUIRE FROM YOU IF TRULY YOU ARE ALIVE, JUST MAIL ME AND SPEAK
TO ME (I AM ALIVE)
If not you are at your own risk.
Yours faithfully,
Antoinette Sayeh
Deputy Managing Director
On behalf of INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.”
