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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: "Mrs. Angela Li Chan." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <projectsfinancier@worldbank-groups.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:48:04 -0000
Subject: Please Reconfirm Your Full Contact Address..

Attn,


Kindly confirm whether you have recieve the check as dispatch to you via the financier
This is done to assist you towards the settlement of the expenses to recieve your swift Atm Card
with five hundred thousand u.s dollars value.
If you have not gotten the check as dispatch,confirm your correct mailing address

Name:::::::::::::::::::::::::
Address:::::::::::
city::::::::::::::
state::::::::::::::
zip code:::::::::::::
tel no::::::::::::

Once the confirmation is right,another check will be dispatch to your address and as soon as you receieve the check
dispatch,do contact us via email for further instructions and information
Thanks

Mrs. Angela L. Chan.
World Bank Projects Financier.
Payment Coordinator.
Please Send your reply to this Email: projectsfinancier@worldbank-groups.com


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