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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" <jimkimyong@worldbank.org>
Reply-To: jkimyong21@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 03:14:58 +0100
Subject: Letter of Notice For Your Payment of $665,000


THE WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS; 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433,U=
SA. LETTER OF NOTICE FOR YOUR PAYM=
ENT OF $665,000.00 Please bear with us for making this initial contact =
through email. In partnership with the International Monetary Fund(IMF)=
, an agreement was reached between both organization to settle all outstand=
ing payments all over the world accrued to individuals/corporations with re=
spect to local and overseas contract payment, debt re-scheduling and outsta=
nding compensation payment. Please be informed that your contact email was =
obtained from email directory for the purpose of writing to notify you that=
you have been selected and approved as beneficiary to receive your own pay=
ment of US$665,000(Six Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand Dollars) only. We ha=
ve been notified that you are yet to receive your fund valued at US$665,000=
. This valued amount of US$665,000 will be released to you from VISA Inc th=
rough VISA ATM card. All it takes to enable you receive your fund is for y=
ou to accurately reconfirm the required details below so we can facilitate =
the immediate release of your fund to you by VISA ATM card which is easier =
and flexible to access by self. Please contact Charles Scharf below and rec=
onfirm the required details below to them: (1) Full Names: (2) Residen=
tial Address: (3) Country of Residence: (4) Date of Birth: (5) Phone/Cel=
l Number: (6) Occupation: Contact Person: Charles Scharf Contact emai=
l : visa.incusa1101@gmail.com When contacting the office above in perso=
n of Charles Scharf, please do quote or include the amount which is $665,00=
0.00(Six Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand Dollars). Thank you. Your=
s faithfully, Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Motto: Working for =
a World Free of Poverty. =20

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