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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 BANK GROUP <rosjsknalajs@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoworldb654@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:12:34 -0600
Subject: Attention

WORLD BANK GROUP
Address: 1818 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20433, United States


Attention: Beneficiary,

My name is Mr. Shaolin Yang, Managing Director (MD) and Chief
Administrative Officer (CAO) World Bank Group. It may interest you to
know that reports have reached our office by correspondence on the
unpleasant and outrageous way you have been treated by various banks
and courier companies across Europe, Africa and Asia in remittance of
your grant. Note that the World Bank Group has decided to put a stop
to this, which is why we are strictly handling your transaction now.
However, the following information is very important and will be of a
great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you may have been
experiencing in getting your long overdue compensation payment worth
US$10,700,000.00 (Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars), due to excessive demand of money from you by both corrupt
bank officials and courier companies after which your fund remains
unpaid to you.

This fund was recovered from various groups of drug barons and
internet impostors from various countries in the world like RUSSIA,
DUBAI, UKRAINE, NIGERIA, BENIN REPUBLIC, GHANA, etc. The money has
been under our trust fund for some years now and after much
investigation by the World Bank Group to know the sources of this huge
amount of money that is valued at Sixty-Two Billion Dollars. We found
out that this money was looted by impostors from various individuals
in the world. Therefore, the WBG has decided to share the money to the
victims of the impostors and also share it to various countries
experiencing economic meltdown during this period. Among the 110
beneficiaries the World Bank fished out their email addresses that are
to be paid out of this fund, your email was included that is why you
received this notice.

You are hereby advised to NOT remit further payment to any financial
institution, banks, security companies and courier companies with
regard to your transaction as your fund will be remitted to you
directly from our source. I hope this is clear? Because any action
contrary to these instructions is at your own risk. Kindly respond to
this email with immediate effect and we shall give you further details
on how your fund will be released and remitted to you without any form
of delay. You are also advised to quickly re-confirm your details as
stated below to facilitate the immediate completion of your payment
within 24 - 48 hours as guaranteed from our previous meeting.

Full Name:
Full Address:
Occupation:
Valid Identity Card:
Direct Mobile Number:

We hereby anticipate your swift response.

Regards,
Mr. Shaolin Yang
Managing Director In-Charge/Chief Administrative Officer
©2023 World Bank Group

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