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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 Auditors <fatfpacificgroup@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wbauditorsuk@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:28:48 +0100
Subject: RELEASE OF FUND

WORLD BANK AUDITORS/DELEGATES
SITTING IN UNITED KINGDOM.

ATTENTION: FUND RECEIVER



RELEASE OF FUND.

In close consultation with the World Body, IMF,the European Union(EU)
and the United Nations, on the meeting concerning inheritance payments
and other related payment we are to notify you of your enlistment as a
beneficiary of a recent Debt Management and Settlement Forum organized
on the status of global arrangement to have your beneficiary fund
settled once and for all.Of course, In the hope that you must have
been aware of the past financial leakages in the UK, European, Africa
and many other foreign payment System with the frustrations associated
there from the last attempt to transfer Your fund. Fund of
beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected to unnecessary
bureaucratic bottlenecks thereby making it impossible for you to
receive your long overdue approved payment.

We have discovered from records of Outstanding foreign list of
beneficiaries, that your name and Payment of your approved US$15.5M
has been with held and remain unpaid as a result of such bottleneck.
On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you
that all aspects of your payment claim is being harmonized,enabling
payment to be Released to you as urgently as you act on the
instructions of this mail.Because records have shown that you have
paid some fees without receiving your approved fund.

Consequently, we the world bank Auditors has been mandated, through
the world bank assisted project to off Set these outstanding
debts,without any delay. Already, a total amount of US$500 Million
United States Dollars has been provided to the bank for this purpose
and it is on first come first serve. With this arrangement, I Wish to
inform you that you will be receiving your Payment in full direct to
your bank account.

In transfering your fund to you through this commission, please note
that it is without Prejudice. Rather, it is a stop-gap payment
arrangement put In place by the World Body in conjuction with United
Nations to ensure that you receive your fund, While on the other hand
ensure that the process is smooth and without any Form of stress
whatsoever.Because records have shown that your claim is legitimate.

However, we are worried with the counter information received from one
Mr. Jonathan Adams, purporting to be from your directive, with express
instruction to transfer the fund to his name to a bank account in the
"Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant to honor this instruction
as it were, and would request that you clarify same upon Your contact
with this office immediately,to forestall any mistake of transfering
your fund with the wrong information already submitted.

You are hereby advised to contact this office immediately through this
email address.

You are also free to call this telephone number: +447024018505

Your urgent attention to this letter will be appreciated.

Faithfully Yours,
MR .KINGSLEY CARTER,
FOR: WORLD BANK AUDITORS
SITTING IN UNITED KINGDOM.

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