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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: "Rev. Sister, Anna B Walter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrnelsonca@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:38:08 -0700
Subject: Rev. Sister, Anna B Walter

HE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WORLD
BANK FACT-FINDING &SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE

ATTN: THE BENEFICIARY,

Greetings to you, I am Rev.Rev. Sister, Anna B Walter, a senior staff
with the World Bank fact finding & special duties office. I am writing
you this letter because a cool penny is better than millions of
dollars. It is better for one to live and die a poor honest man than a
rich dishonest one. The Chief security officer (CSO) of this
organization and I have arranged with an officer in the computer
section, engineer Evans has agreed to bring out a part of your total
sum amounting to US$1.5 Million, why we did this is because according
to information gathered from the bank’s/security computer, you have
been waiting for a long time to receive your money without success.

I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in
respect of your fund settlement. Your problem is that of interest
group. A lot of people are interested in your payment and those people
are merely doing papers works with you and that is why you receive
messages from different people every day. Also, we found out that some
of the officials of the parastatals have been extorting a lot of money
from you with the pretext of helping you to receive your money. I can
assure you that this may last for years yet nothing will happen, if
you do not do away with those officers you call your partner, and for
security reasons. Do not tell anybody that you have your money until
you receive cash at your doorstep.

Note that the administrator payment
need this details from you to process your payment:

Receiver name-----------------
Country-----------------------
City--------------------------
Tel---------------------------
sex___________________________
age___________________________

Yours faithfully,
Rev. Sister, Anna B Walter

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