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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 BANKS ONLINE NOTIFICATION MERGED WITH CORIS BANK <westernunion00410@gmail.com>
Reply-To: georgephillips037@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:30:09 -0800
Subject: WORLD BANKS ONLINE NOTIFICATION MERGED WITH CORIS BANK

WORLD BANKS ONLINE NOTIFICATION MERGED WITH CORIS BANK

ATTENTION ESTIMATED CUSTOMER,

The World Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment
arrangement to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize, inheritance
beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference. The ONLINE
BANK was contracted and powered by WORLD BANK and Coris Bank.

We have organized your $10.500,000 MILLION United States Dollars to be
paid to you through an online banking system of payment for the fast
and quick access to your total sum without any delays. Please respond
to me with your full information for the online set up, Including your
full Names, Home Address, Email address and your day time phone
number. Thank you and we await your urgent response with the
requested information.

Sincerely,
Mr. George Phillips

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