Fake e-mails from IMF

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of fraudulent emails that claim to be from the organisation. Evident of communications claiming to be from or affiliated with the Washington-based multilateral lender surfaced.

Numerous scams that ranges from "phishing" attacks where the names of IMF officials are misused to deceive recipients into disclosing personal financial information to "spoofing" in which a fake IMF Web site was created with false contact details to mislead potential users.

According to IMF spokeperson, "The IMF does not send any unsolicited business communications to individuals, The IMF does not operate through other agents nor endorse the activities of any bank, financial institution, or other public or private agency."