419 scam: "Notice Desk."<notice@wdbank.org> The Facts!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Notice Desk." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tsanson@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:15:03 -0600
Subject: The Facts!!

Hello,
I must let you in on the real facts about your delayed payment. I am the secretary to the foreign debt department of the World Bank Group office in London UK, I am very much aware of the ordeal you are passing through in order to actualize your long delayed payment.

Not long after the World Bank completed the acquisition process of all pending payments, I discovered that my boss connived with some top officials to divert funds already approved to settle lottery winners, international contractors and inheritances.

The World Bank has already given approval for the payment of your fund while my boss deliberately delay your payment and continue to issue one fee or the other from different quarters. I wonder why you haven’t noticed all this while.

Your fund was authorized to be paid to you through the WB financial consultants here in the UK or in USA with a Key Tested Reference/CLAIMS CODE Number, which was supposed to have been issued to you before now,

Upon your response to this message, I shall give you all you need to contact the World Bank payment centers in UK or USA to facilitate the release of your payment.
Yours truly,
Ms.Tracy Sanson
World Bank Group London Uk.30

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