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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "DR. MARCO EDWARD" <officeofussecretaryofstate@gmail.com>
Reply-To: con.nationalbank@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 15:49:17 -0700
Subject: Hello
Pursuant to our previous correspondence as regard the remittance of
your funds on legal approval order to clear funds in order to avoid
interception of fund reflection by any financial monitoring agency
globally, This fund supposes to be in your position long ago but you
did not follow the normal process by obtaining the TC1. You need to
obtain TC1 Access Transfer Code In view of the payment notification
we received from World Bank President Kristalina Georgieva & Board of
Governors of IMF headed by Christian Lagarde Concerning your payment,
Work on getting Access Transfer Code bank Instrument to transfer and reflect
your fund into your bank account in less than 72hrs.
The union has approved and appointed The Continental National Bank of
Miami USA (CBN) to pay you the sum of ($15.500,000,00) Due to on
going fraud in west Africa, TC1 Access Transfer Code must be in place
Get back to us with your Online access code on TC1 Form
Looking forward to your earliest response.
Regards.
Yours Faithfully.
WORLD BANK AUDITOR
DR. MARCO EDWARD (PRESIDENCY)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT
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