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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: " WORLDBANKGROUP FUNDS "<noreply@worldbank.org>
Reply-To: worldbankgroup.agent805@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 05:15:28 -0700
Subject: payment mandate

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to notify you concerning your fund release order mandated during the first quarter of the year 2016. The finding revealed that your fund transfers were intercepted in the past due to the allegation that you were involved in financial irregularities and alleged money laundry practices.

Allegation and conspiracy inspired by the financial institutions and their agents that instructed your fund transfer. I am the new AMF/WORLD BANK remittance, payment and portfolios coordinator assigned to reinstate several mismanaged intercepted international payments which released protocols has been analyzed by the AMF/IMF and the WORLD BANK remitting directors empowered for such practices.

I am very much aware of your ordeal towards actualizing the release of your long delayed payment which might have caused you much fortune such as other similar cases.

Early this year, the World Bank completed the acquisition process of all pending payment and intercepted funds. I discovered that some top officials of the WORLD BANK, AMF and the IMF connived with some international Investors to recover funds already approved to settle inheritances, email lottery winners and international contractors. The World Bank Group, www.worldbank.org has already given approval for the payment of your fund to be delivered either by CASH PAYMENT or by DEPOSIT SWIFT while they deliberately delay your payment and continue to demand fees from different departments mostly from Africa, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia all in an attempt to enrich their private accounts. I wonder why you never complained.

Your fund was authorized to be paid to you through the AMF/World Bank accredited affiliate with a recovery protocols and a Key Tested Reference/Claim Code Number, which should have been issued to you in the past. Upon your response to this letter, I shall guide you and provide you with all you needed, to contact the World Bank Group affiliate who will facilitate and ensure your fund is delivered and released to you within few days.

I will consider to advice you with further recovery instructions soonest I confirmed that I am dealing with the right beneficiary to the proclaimed intercepted security fund.

Truly Yours

MICHAEL BOUCHARD
AMF/IMF/WORLD BANK AGENT805
World Bank Group Hqts









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