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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: "PAYMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <worldwidedebtrecoverycommittee@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:26:30 -0400
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION...

WORLDWIDE DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE
World Bank Approved
An Agency for International Financial Corporation.ADDRESS:
46,Blandford Street,
LondonW1U 7HT,
United Kingdom.

ATTN:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, READ BELOW:

As part of our global services as outlined by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, we have recovered your beneficiary fund that was suppose to be paid to you long time ago. Your name and your e-mail address is attached to this payment as revealed by the World Bank Recovery Committee and Federal Reserve Bank of England.

This recovered fund we understand was meant to be transferred to your account legally and with due process and procedure approved by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). But as a result, of one problem on the other that lead to obstruct and delayed of transferring this fund to you, the fund has been delayed till date.

Be informed that this fund is in the custody of Federal Reserve Bank of England for long time and the Great Britain Government has approved this payment to be released to you without further delay.

Your suggestion is highly needed on how you want to receive this payment with ease.
Contact us immediately to enable us start the processing of transferring this fund to you without any delay.

Best Regards.

Mahmoud Mohieldin.
Corporate Secretary, (World Bank);
In Collaboration with: (Worldwide Debt Recovery Committee).

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