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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
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Fraud email example:

From: "Imf Bank" <imfworldbankauditors@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:28:23 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL

*WORLD BANK AUDITORS*
* SITTING PRUDENTLY IN THE NIGERIAN
PRIME*

* FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (CENTRAL BANK OF **NIGERIA
**) *

* **TINUBU SQUARE** **LAGOS**-
**NIGERIA**
DIRECT; TEL: 234 ¨C80-68867273, FAX:
+234-1-7591352*








*Our Ref: WBA/NG/CBN/08
Date: 10th September. 2008. *

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*From the Desk of:
Rev.Peter Adams, *

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* ATTN: Beneficiary,*

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* RE: OVER DUE PAYMENT *

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*This is to notify the numerous foreign beneficiaries owed by the Federal
Government of Nigeria from various parastatals that going by the Geneva Pact
signed by the government of Nigeria, and the World Bank as it relates to
long overdue payment of foreign beneficiaries on behalf of the Federal
Government of Nigeria. *

* *

*Apparently, investigations carried out by the International Monetary Fund
and World Bank Auditors has confirmed that most beneficiaries are being
asked to pay certain irrelevant charges by the Apex Bank (Central Bank of
Nigeria) and other government financial institutions, therefore making it
very difficult for beneficiaries to meet such obligations which is contrary
to Section "37" Subsection "C" of the Article XII of Banks and other
financial decree of 1995 as amended in 1998.*

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*In view of this, the Governing Board of the World Bank has directed the
World Bank Auditors to shift base to **Nigeria** to scrutinize and oversee
an immediate release of such payments that has met the requirements for
effectiveness without any further delay. Any beneficiary certified "OK" will
receive his / her fund within five (5) working days from the date of the
final authentication of his / her contractual date.*

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*
It is also interesting to inform beneficiaries that in order to carry out
deductions on their bills as regards Cost of Transfers (COT), Security
Deposit (SD) and other taxable charges, beneficiaries will be requested to
obtain the Debit form M104 from this authority so as to empower this board
to carry out such deduction from the total contract sum before final
remittance.*

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*Furthermore, certification and unconditional payment release orders has
been invested on this board and it involves payment from our statutory
foreign reserves of international capital markets (ICM) loan from (IMF) and
the World Bank respectively. It is of vital international financial interest
that all payments under this dispensation have been bestowed on the World
Bank Auditors for immediate settlements. On behalf of the Nigerian
government, this body regrets any inconveniences this delay might have
caused your good self. You are hereby finally advised to stop all further
communications with any agents, group of people or any government bodies in
respect of your payment. *

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*Please contact us for detailed information. *

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*Yours faithfully,*

*
Rev.Peter Adams.
General Auditor (WB)*

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