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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 <info@worldbankconsultant.com>
Reply-To: worldlegalconsultant@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 02:08:35 +0000
Subject: YOUR PAYMENTS



--
Attention Sir,

We are the consultant to the World Bank and African Union and we have
been
contracted to take charge of the Recovery of outstanding and over due
funds within the African,US and European Union nations.

Just Last month, The Government of Nigeria,The African, The
British and American Government has received series of complaints
regarding the Existence of huge funds that are trapped and left
unclaimed
in Most Banks in Africa, USA, ASIA, UK and the rest of the world .

The African Union International Affairs department under which my office
belongs has been mandated to investigate and recover all Funds belonging
to beneficiaries that are trapped and uncompleted as a result of
series
of monetary demands in the past by officials with a view of releasing
same
to the authentic and legitimate beneficiaries like you unconditionally.

On our investigation, we discovered a file NO: 19GT/UB/OT22/019 with
some
funds in your name as the Beneficiary.It was further discovered that
some
unknown officials whom you may have had dealings in the past have
fraudulently diverted some part of the funds to their unknown private
accounts in the past leaving some in the account.

It is my pleasure to inform you we are ready to release the funds to
you
and it has been scheduled to be release to you in this current payment
first quarter of this 2020.

I will give you further information regarding the release of the funds
to
you immediately i hear from you with your direct telephone number and
reconfirmation of your current address.

Also, I will give you authorized approved,and secure email address for
your transaction as soon as i hear from you today.

FULL NAME:......
CELLPHONE:.....
ADDRESS.........
COUNTRY:......
AGE:.............
SEX:............

I look forward to hearing from you immediately.

Regards,

Mr Raymond K. Campbell.

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