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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: "Ms. Anshula Kant" <pickett.darliton@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msanshulak@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 08:46:46 +0100
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM NOTIFICATION


Attention: Beneficiary,

PLEASE CONFIRM NOTIFICATION

The management of Nat West Bank sent a notice to our office on yesterday,
stating that their bank have completed the transfer of your ($5,000,000.00)
Five Million United States Dollars, Beneficiary Compensation Fund to your
bank account. On behalf of the President of the World Bank Group
Leadership, we sincerely apologies for the delay in your compensation fund
transfer and on the other hand, we are happy to know that you have received
your compensation fund. Congratulations!

Sincerely Yours,

Ms. Anshula Kant.
MD and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) World Bank Group.
1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Copyright © 2021 World Bank Group Group! All rights reserved.

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