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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 Group" <info@worldbank.org>
Reply-To: frederick.bonn2017@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:25:36 +0800
Subject: our concerns with your payment.


WORLD BANK 1 Canada Square, 29th Floor Canary Wharf Tower London E14 5DY Un=
ited Kingdom Ref Our: WBUK/209-S06-2017 Hello Sir/Madam, RE: SCHEDULED FOR =
SECOND TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND. Congratulations for the successful confirmati=
on of the 30% of your total fund transfer which was made yesterday by our r=
emittance department into your designated Bank account as stated below: BAN=
K: LAIKI BANK ADDRESS: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, LIMASSOL CYPRUS SWIFT=
: LIKICY2N AC NAME: PARGLOW INVESTMENTS LTD. AC NUMBER: CY56 0030 0179 0000=
0179 3211 9063 therefore we suggest that you confirm to us if we should pr=
oceed with the transfer of your 70% balance into the same account consideri=
ng the readiness of our appointed Financial Organization to proceed with th=
e Swift Wire Transfer today, as it is imperative we finalized all fund tran=
sfer this week and report to our Auditors for their final records and updat=
es of all paid funds to the fund beneficiary. My name is Mr. Frederick Bonn=
, am in charge of World Bank Debt management organization UK. Ours is an or=
gan carved out from the United Nations to assist fund creditors and benefic=
iaries like you to claim their overdue payments without much stress and exp=
enses. We also enlighten creditors on the need not to spend money to get th=
eir genuine payments, assist them in getting such payments as well as provi=
de funds for debtors of third world countries and developing world countrie=
s to offset their debts. We work with a World Bank Established bank for thi=
s purpose. Our monitoring unit and dragnets spreads all over the world in t=
erms of debt repayments, movement of fund transfers and data gathering. Fin=
ally, be informed that we are appointed by The United Nations, Internationa=
l Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, Financial Services Authority Englan=
d and HM Revenue and Customs, as special selected official from World Bank =
to release all unpaid fund to the beneficiaries within 20 days. this March =
body have less than days to affect all payment. We are presently waiting fo=
r your reconfirmation email before we proceed with your balance payment. Wa=
iting for your prompt response. Yours Faithfully. Mr. Frederick Bonn World =
Bank Representative United Nations Organizations

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