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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: IFC Global <angelova@deroni.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Anshula Kant" <kantemailexclusive@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:58:23 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM THE MESSAGE


Congratulations!

We are pleased that you received your EMAIL ADDRESS to receive the sum of $5,000,000.00 (five million US dollars) under the IFC Global Development Funding Program. Your file reference number (IFC-3602020_EC).

All beneficiaries were screened through the global IFC system, which has been used in millions of email owners across the Internet. Lucky beneficiaries do not need to purchase a ticket to join this IFC Global Development Funding program. It was given by the IFC management team and the Board of Directors of the World Bank Group. Forward your own details such as your names: Number Number: Age: Gender: Address and your file reference to the Perception and associated IFC Global Development Fund.

For more information on IFC Global Development Impact, please visit our website: www.ifc.org

To keep hearing your payout, you will hear back as soon as possible .

Greetings, Mr Philippe Le Houérou (IFC Labor Chairman)
CC: Ms. Anshula Kant (MD and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank Group)
CC: Mr. Christopher A. Wray (FBI, Director)

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NOTE: If you received this message in SPAM / BULK folder it was implemented on the security ISP, we bit you (IFC team) for really belonging to it.
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