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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Obaseki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james.obaseki@skymail.mn>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 02:21:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Urgent Update For You Today,

 
FROM THE DESK OF JAMES OBASEKI
AUDITOR GENERAL OF WORLD BANK
TEL: 234-8039629551
 
 
Attention:
 
 
I am, James Obaseki the World Bank Auditor assigned to facilitate on your inherited/contractual entitlement, we need much clarification on this raised issue of a gentle man Mr. Dautaj Elton from Albania claiming to be your representative and the supervisory Engineer that supervised and certified your Part payment of your inheritance execution in Nigeria ( Africa ). As soon as your Inheritance Fund was recalled back from Apex bank because of their inability to have paid you at the agreed time, the said Mr. Elton quickly applied that your Inheritance/contractual funds be directed into the below bank account:
 
 
Standard Register Federal Credit Union
P.O. Box 1167
Dayton , Ohio 45401-1167
Account Number: 4467023
Routing Number: 242278179
 
 
The World Bank auditor officials refuse to grant approvals to their application and waiting for your response before the funds can be cabled to the above bank account.
When World Bank Auditor Debit Note was submitted to my desk for final Approvals before forwarding it to the beneficiary of the above bank account for endorsement, I noticed that there are discrepancies as there was no evidence of authorization letter from you for the change of the bank account and the name of the beneficiary, then the payment was stopped by this office.
 
 
I urgently summoned the Manager of the Telex/KTT Room of the Apex bank and directed him to stop the movement of the funds and at the same time place a stop order instruction on the funds pending when your views and comments are received with regards to this matter.
 
 
Please contact us urgently for your comments which will be highly appreciated, but we will not hesitate to continue the payment transmission to the above bank account if you fail to email us immediately as your silence will be a clear indication that you authorized them to effect the above changes. The attached picture is the gentleman.
 
 
Finally, we are related that you are involved in an auto crash and in process of getting to hospital, you lost your life, please we need an urgent confirmation if the story is true or false.
 
 
 
Yours
 
 
 
Sincerely,
MR, JAMES OBASEKI
AUDITOR GENERAL OF WORLD BANK
TEL: 234-8039629551

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