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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. MANGATAS DUNGA" <tonyrich194502@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.icpo@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 17:10:19 +0200
Subject: USD $1.4M PAYMENT!! PLEASE CONFIRM INFO

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: FIC/EDS/EMV/G06/15 (USD$1.4 MILLION ) WORLD BANK
COMPENSATION

DEAR BENEFICIARY,

YOUR E-MAIL ID APPEARED IN OUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES
THAT WILL RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS IN THIS 2ND QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE YEAR
FOR WORLD BANK INHERITANCE AND COMMISSIONING PAYMENT. THIS PAYMENT IS
GIVEN TO YOU UNDER FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS OF ONLINE
CRIME/SCAM AS ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL COMPENSATION CENTER LAUNCHED AT
THE 39TH G8 SUMMIT.

YOUR E-MAIL ID WAS MENTIONED BY OUR SECURITY INTELLIGENT MONITORING
DATABASE VIA COMPUTER HARD-DISK, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED NOT TO
COMMUNICATE OR DUPLICATE THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE TO PREVENT DOUBLE
CLAIMS. YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT THROUGH ATM CARD
VALID FOR 3 YEARS FROM MONTH OF ISSUANCE; IT IS AN EUROPAY MASTERCARD
AND VISA (EMV) CHIP AND PIN DEBIT CARD, USED ACROSS ALL CHANNELS
INCULDING POS, ONLINE AND ATM. CARD CASH WITHDRAWALS IN THE CURRENCY
OF THE COUNTRY YOU ARE MAKING YOUR WITHDRAWAL AND MAXIMUM DAILY CASH
LIMIT IS $25,000.00 PER DAY AND POS SPENDING IS UPGRADED TO S DAILY
LIMITED OF $50,000.00.

FOR THE RECORDS A TOTAL NUMBER OF 1,056 BENEFICIARIES ARE ALREADY IN
CONTACT WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SETTLEMENT CENTRE AND A TOTAL NUMBER OF
678 BENEFICIARIES HAVE BEEN PAID AS OF JANUARY 2015. OVER 500 ARE
ALREADY AT THE LAST VERIFICATION STAGE AND WILL RECEIVE THEIR PAYMENTS
WITHIN DAYS.

PLEASE PROVIDE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS STATED BELOW:
1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. CONTACT / POSTAL ADDRESS (FOR SHIPPING OF CARD)
3. YOUR AGE:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER:

ALL RESPONSE SHOULD BE SENT TO DIRECTOR OF LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND QUOTE
YOUR RELEASE PAYMENT CODE: FIC/EDS/EMV/G06/15 FOR IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION:
ATTN: SIR. JOHN WOODMAN
E-MAIL: JWOODMAN@POST.COM
PHONE: + 44 704 577 1559

PLEASE BE WARNED, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONING PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT INSTRUCT ANY OTHER BANK OR AGENT IN THIS PAYMENT TRANSACTION,
WE ADVISE YOU TO STOP ALL OTHER COMMUNICATIONS YOU ARE HAVING WITH
ANY OTHER AGENT OR BANK OFFICIALS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY COMPLICATIONS.

WARN REGARDS,
MR. MANGATAS DUNGA
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONING PAYMENT
WORLD BANK GROUP
MILLBANK TOWER, 12TH FLOOR, 21-24 MILLBANK,
LONDON SW1P 4QP UNITED KINGDOM.

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