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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: "Mr. JXrg Frieden" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.fritzgockel670@yahoo.es>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 17:31:28 -0600
Subject: Ok

Sir,
 
The World Bank was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, along with three other institutions, including the
International Monetary Fund (IMF). The World Bank and the IMF are both based in Washington DC, and work closely with each other such as all banks in America/Europe.  Although many countries were represented at the Bretton Woods Conference, the United States and United Kingdom were the most powerful in attendance and dominated the negotiations whereby all American/European citizen shall receive their funds.
In 2010, voting powers at the World Bank were revised to increase the voice of beneficiary, the World Bank Institute (WBI)
can be defined as a "global connector of knowledge of beneficiary to be aware of EU Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)
innovation for poverty reduction". It aims to inspire change agents and prepare beneficiary with essential tools that can
help achieve development results in the transaction of funds from West Africa.
In the month of August 19. 2013 President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim has given a mandate to the European Union Monitoring Mission and European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs that all American/European citizen that are expecting funds above us$200,000.00 dollars should secure EU financial transaction tax (FTT) from the origin of their funds before the funds will be alone to reflect in account. On 28 September 2012, president of the European Commission Jose Barroso officially presented a plan to create a new financial transactions tax "to make the financial sector (beneficiary/fund owner) pay its fair share because of the funds been transfer into your bank from Ghana.
The European Union financial transaction tax body are supervising the Day-to-day financial activities of citizens and
businesses and funds Transactions and it is deem necessary for you to contact Dr.Fritz Gockel,Ghana commercial Bank
Limited,Email:dr.fritzgockel670@yahoo.es for the final processing and release of your fund.
 
Mr. Jörg Frieden
Executive Director.
for: World Bank.
 

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