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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: "International Buisness Office" <international009@yeah.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 18 04:55:39 GMT
Subject: DID YOU SEND HER TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

Shenzhen International Branch Shenzhen.518048. Guangdong-China. Dear Owner, We write to notify you that a lady by the name LIZA KRANE came to our banking hall today claiming to be YOUR REPRESENTATIVE regardingYOUR $1M DOLLAR FUND ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD BANK AS PAYMENT TO YOU! This payment is from The World Bank Assistance and Alleviation Programme. We advise that you send us YOUR CORRECT INFORMATION to match up with your file in our office. For this reason, you have to STOP DEALING with the SO-CALLED CRIMINAL BANKERS, FINANCE HOUSES AND BARRISTERS until you have received your funds lodged in our bank by The World Bank. But IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU within the given period of this notification, only then WE SHALL GRANT LIZA KRANE her request TO PAY HER your funds. Once again, we need to re-verify; 1. YOUR FULL NAME: 2. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS: 3. YOUR NATIONALITY: 4. COUNTRY WHERE YOU NOW LIVE: 5. YOUR AGE/DATE OF BIRTH: 6. MALE/FEMALE: 7. YOUR JOB/OCCUPATION: 8. YOUR MOBILE NUMBER: 9. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS: You should send the above information to our international correspondence email address here. Email To; International2025@yeah.net OR international009@yeah.net Regards, Ms. Lily Chen For; Citic Bank International Email To; international2025@yeah.net Email2: international009@yeah.net

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