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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: First National Bank <office.mail2132@gmail.com>
Reply-To: firstnationalb@bk.ru
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 11:24:29 +0100
Subject: Dear Beneficiary Please contact Mr. Vincent J. Delie for the Release
of your Contract payment

FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Address: 3500 Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd,
Charlotte, NC 28216, USA
Direct Phone: (843) 606-1577
Our Ref: FCB0015-ODCS/017



Re: Urgent Notice.

The recent launched Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH) by the Inter-Agency Task
Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS) This joint launch is by the Bank for
International Settlements (BIS), International Monetary Fund (IMF),
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the
World Bank and represents efforts to synergize international advances in
the area of external debt statistics. Due to this new organization, the
World Bank has gratified the international Debt Management to look into the
all outstanding contractors/Workers due for payment with US Government.

In Regards to this, your name was among the unsettled contractors/Workers
who have not received their payments. I wish to inform you that the
international Debt Management has been approved and instructed by world
debt organization & World Bank to process and release all the outstanding
payment which has been
due for payment.

This is to officially notify you that the World Bank in conjunction with
the United States set aside US$3.4Billion to pay in good claims from
foreign Inheritance Fund (Next of Kin); In line with this arrangement the
United States on Foreign Debt Matters (USFDM) ordered that contractors and
Next-of-Kins whose file have shown sufficient proof regarding job execution
and debt outstanding be settled without delay.

We wish to inform you that your file was forwarded to First National Bank
by various offices and department showing that you have fulfilled all
conditions necessary to receive your payment.


One of the reasons your payment had been delayed for so long was because of
counter-claim on your fund, this necessitated the perusal of documents
relating to your contract payment, we were convinced that you are the
bona-fide beneficiary to the said fund. The attempts to divert your payment
to foreign account was done by your local representatives in collaboration
with some Officials and most of the officials involved in several executive
misconducts have been sacked.

I hereby inform you this day that your inheritance sum calculated US$10.5M
shall be paid to you via online Wire Transfer due to rules/regulation
guiding Bank Secrecy Act(BSA). Be aware that all necessary modalities
concerning the release of your fund have regularized, so all we require
from you is your honest concentration to make this transfer happen within
72hrs.

Kindly contact us in our Customer Care Email:
fnbcustomeservice@mail2world.com



Mr. Vincent J. Delie
Fund Operational Manager /
Head Foreign Transfer Department
First National Bank

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