The fake "Dr. Judith C. Atkinson UN/IMF Rep" email below is an advance-fee scam. This scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
The "Dr. Judith C. Atkinson UN/IMF Rep" Scam
From: Dr. Judith C. Atkinson - drjudithcatkinson@silk.ocn.ne.jp
Date: Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 9:49 PM
Subject: Helle Dear Beneficiary
To:
Attention Dear beneficiary,
We have received the winning cheque from the bank last week and kept it with Rev. Paul Smith as we discussed, Please email him immediately with address inorder to send you the cheque, I am in Colombia now.
I kept USD $3,500,000.00 millions cashier check & will send you the rest of money after my business trip here. I also sent so many emails to you last week but all bounced back. Therefore contact Paul Smith at his email address below for him to send the cheque to you: ( smithrevpaul@gmail.com ) or call him at (347) 861-6654
Thanks and do let me know when you have received it.
Regards
Dr. Judith C. Atkinson
UN/IMF Rep, UK
Click his email smithrevpaul@gmail.com