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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: "Mrs. Ann Josefina Randall" <1@1.com>
Reply-To: deskfile00@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:29:06 +0000
Subject: WORLD CONFERENCE FUND APPROVAL ORDER,

For Your Attention:

It was resolved in an end of the Year 2021 International World Conference meeting held in Belgium, that any unclaimed outstanding Inheritance Fund, Lottery Award Claim and Contracts Payments should immediately be release on or before the 5th of January 2022. This order is in conformity with the United Nation, the IMF, the US Department of the Treasury and the World Bank, in order to eradicate the persistence complaint from beneficiaries who have been victim of Internet hoodlums and Impersonators from dismissed officials from various organization.

We urge you to kindly respond to this message immediately you receive to enable us officially reconcile your transaction on or before the aforementioned date.

Please note that any unclaimed fund after the ultimatum date will be cancelled and forwarded to the World Bank Reserve Account as unclaimed fund.

Regards,

Mrs. Ann Josefina Randall
Payment Coordinator, International Debt Management (IDM)
deskfile00@hotmail.com

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