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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <worldbank.comp893@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 18:26:44 -0700
Subject: Relief Fund Approved 07/10

Hello,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected and approved to receive the sum of $665.000.00 (Six Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand United States Dollar) as RELIEF/COMPENSATION funds from the World Bank. This Relief/Compensation Fund is for selected individuals, companies and governments affected by covid-19, typhoon, hurricane, scam/fraud,flood, earthquake, war,tsunami etc around the world and your email was picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the World Bank database. To claim your fund, you are hereby required to send the following details below and contact Mr.Charles Scharf using the email contact below:

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:

Contact E-mail: repcscharf@gmail.com

Upon receipt of the above details from you, Mr.Charles Scharf will proceed and direct you on the immediate settlement of your payment for its subsequent release to you accordingly. Please, to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program, you are advised to keep this message confidential until your payment have been fully processed and your money remitted to you. As this is a security protocol to avoid multiple claims.

Your tag is WB002024C, keep it confidential as this is your settlement file number. Without it, your payment cannot be processed and if it falls into the wrong hands, they can use it to claim your payment, also remember to quote it when you write to Mr.Charles Scharf.

Yours Faithfully,

Ajay Bank,
President, World Bank

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