419 scam: "World Bank and Groups" <info@worldbank.org> Urgent Notification

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "World Bank and Groups" <info@worldbank.org>
Reply-To: info@world-bank.org.uk
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 01:46:28 -0500
Subject: Urgent Notification

Greetings,

The Board of Directors of the World Bank and the Bank of America were informed lately by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I) and the Department of Homeland Security
(D.H.S) that outstanding funds owed to foreign beneficiaries such as inheritance,
lottery and compensation funds for scammed victims are been diverted into the Reserve
Bank of New York and Bank of America by top Bank and Government Officials in Africa.

In view of this, we instructed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I) and the
Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S) to forward list of those whose funds were
declared missing from Africa so we could look into their matters. However, your name,
e-mail address and telephone number was among the list given to us today.

Furthermore, due to massive rate of internet scam and impersonation, we urge you to
verify the below details within 24hrs before proper investigation could be carried out
on this matter of global interest.

1. Do you have any outstanding fund(s) in Africa/or the United States of America?
2. If any (How much is the said funds?)
3. What is the source of the fund(s)? Inheritance, Lottery or Compensation?

Yours faithfully,

Media Relations & Finance Director
Kristyn Schrader-King
WORLD BANK

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