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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: "WORLD BANK"<info@wworldbank.org>
Reply-To: <unitedstatereserveb12@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:32:50 +0200
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT CONFIRMATION.

World Bank/Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - (FinCEN)
2070 Chain Bridge Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
Tell: 866-556-3974


To Your Attention Please

I am Mr. Ronald Edward, Deputy Secretary of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - (FinCEN) Department of the Treasury, bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions and other financial crimes.

For your information, this is in subsequent to several fraud complains and petitions we received from various individuals of different countries and in particularly American citizen on worrying bogus spam emails over the recent time and lost of funds to swindlers on the internet. In view of occurrences, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) was delegated by the World Bank and United Nation (UN) to investigate all online financial transaction and to genuinely manipulate all outstanding foreign debts, with-held winning payments and inheritance/contracts payments that have not been released to their rightful beneficiaries as a result of corrupt officials, misinformation and other admininstrative irregularities in some of the Financial and Security institutions.

Please NOTE that the reason why you are contacted in this regard is because several outstanding funds belonging to various individuals of different countries was recovered in some of the banks and Security Houses in Africa, Europe and United Kingdom of which yours is among. In such case we do not hesitate in contacting the rightful beneficiaries to guide them properly in receiving their over due payment direct from the Federal Reserve Bank of United States (FRB).

Furthermore, you have been advised by this authority to STOP all further dealings with anybody regarding this funds and get back to us immediately to guide you properly in processing this funds back to you as regulated by the international government authorities.Your file number is wb003735649.

Your release payment approved is $5.2 Million Dollar.

We look forward to your urgent response.

Thank you

Regards,
Mr. Ronald Edward
World Bank and Deputy Secretary Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - (FinCEN)
Department of the Treasury.

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