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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: "Johnson Bossman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bossmanj@mail.mn>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:47:47 +0100
Subject: Re: Urgent Attention and Fast Responses


The World Bank Auditors
1849 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: 646 205 7971
Date: 22th July, 2010

RE: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.
For Urgent Attention:
Sir,

I am Mr Johnson Bossman, The Chairman, World Bank Auditors in Washington DC United state of America, Committee on debt reconciliation in cognizance with the credit cover of World bank, FBI and EFCC duly adopted by the Committee on Foreign Payment as requested for a fund movement cover in your favor.

I am compelled to advise you to contact us, the World Bank Auditors. In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you for the simple reasons that My Office Desks have just received a Sworn Affidavit to re-route your payment into a new bank account number as stated and a note stated that you are dead and for that reason we should immediately commence on your payment to this account, we have made several attempted to contact you but know respond:

Prudential Bank and Trust Co (Zamora Branch) Zamora Street, Pandacan, Manilla, Philippines Bank FSD
Account # 5068-1117-8 Beneficiary Name: Paul luckman Please confirm to our department if you have instructed anyone to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf. Please confirm if you have authorized us through your agents to issue cash call payment remittance to them on your behalf. Please, also confirm if you have authorized your Attorney to change your banking particulars to the above particulars stated above.

Also re-confirm the total amount you are expecting, Your Private Telephone number, your e-mail address, Office or home address, so that we can cross-check it with our file records. We have decided to contact you because we suspected that somebody is trying to divert your money through the sworn affidavit of means, into a new different bank account. Already, their associates have requested us to place a cash call order in their favor on your behalf, but we discovered that your signature was forged.

Therefore, you are hereby advised to contact, The World Bank Auditors our e-mail regarding the above stated. Please inform us and acknowledge your acceptance to the above stated, but if not, please do not hesitate to inform us very urgently, so that we can stop the diversion of your fund.

Best regards.
Mr Johnson Bossman.
Express Payment Director
1849 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: 646 205 7971

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