419 scam: WORLD BANK <efilloffic48@yahoo.com.ph> ATTENTION: I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- worldbank_group2011@yahoo.fr (Yahoo, France; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: WORLD BANK <efilloffic48@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: worldbank_group2011@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:07:03 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: ATTENTION: I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK

ATTENTION: I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK

Very urgent to responding to this email, we have a crucial situation here in my office, please I need to know the truth before handing over your funds worth $10.8 m to them, the situation here is that some group of persons in number of two came to my office and told me that you had an auto-crash last week and you died three day thereafter, and that upon your death, you assigned them to be the next of kin over your funds and properties, so please I am very much confused here because they brought a death certificate signed by a medical doctor showing that you USA is dead.

They also brought a signed letter of change of ownership and appointment of next-of-kin over your properties including your funds that is our custody.

They said you that even made a provision of the needed $800.00 usd for them to clear all the outstanding bill delaying the smooth Transfer of your card to you in the United States of America, But personally I'm not well convinced that you are dead that is why I asked them to hold back the $800.00 usd and come back next week so that I will do my own investigations to find out if you are dead or alive.

Prior to this development I told them to come back next week, but in the meanwhile I have reported this case to the Benin Republic International Criminal Police Organizational (INTERPOL) so if indeed you is alive, I will want you to write me back immediately you receive this email, to decide on how to get them arrest with the INTERPOL officer when those white men comes back next week....

Call or write me because if you fail to do that, I will assume that you are dead as they have claimed. and hand over you funds over to them.

Your non-compliance will mean that actually you are dead as they claim and i will not hesitate to hand over your card to them as they have pleaded.

I will be waiting to hear from you today with the payment information's.And do not delay it because this is very urgnet needed or you want to lost your funds you will leep to delay and if you real need to receive your funds try and send the fee immediately you receive this message now. this the WORLD BANK E! MAIL ADDRESS worldbank_group2011@yahoo.fr

I wish you good luck.
Yours in service

MR Abu Malik

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