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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: "WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chungkumar1@wss-id.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:00:17 -0800
Subject: WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMER

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMER
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION OFFICE
OPERATION DEPARTMENT
NEW DELHI
INDIA

REF PAYMENT OF $1.5 USD MILLION APPROVAL.


Attention:


This is to bring to your notice that the meeting which has been going on with
WORLD BANK AUDITORS AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND has been concluded in
INDIA. Your Name was enlisted among the beneficiaries who were scammed
as our record shows.And it also show you have made some transfer via western
union to Nigeria trying to claim your funds For your information, you have to
stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office (s)to avoid
any hitches in receiving your payment.Because of Impostors, we hereby issued
you our code of conduct,which is (REF-7750) so you have to indicate this code when
confirming the receipt of this email.


On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N.
meetings held at INDIA. it was alarmed so much by the world in the
meetings on the lost of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian
artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to
compensate victims, World Bank the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian
Government is now paying 150 victims of these operations $1.5 million each in
accordance with the U.N. recommendations.


The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet
Fraud
Complaint Center (IFCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center
(IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these
impostors.As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communication with
any one not referred to you by us List of customers to be paid who fell victims

to these imposter's due to unawareness.And mode of payment was as well
specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against
criminality during process of payment.


We received instruction few days from our correspondence bank to transfer
the sum of $1.5 million which is your inheritance money into your account
which we are on the process to make your payment through the affiliated
bank in India which is the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA.



But we are surprise this morning when we are about received another email from
Ms JANE MOORE whom claim to be your representative and forward to us the
following account information for us to transfer the fund into her account the
account which she forward to us is as follow.

NAME JANE MOORE
Bank Of America TX2-817-01-01
9308 Forest Lane, Dallas TX 75243
ROUTING # 541740162
ACCT # 488030345645


Please, Do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from you
and have you authorized her to receive your fund .If this lady is not your
representative, for verification purpose, so that your fund value of $1.5
million united state dollars will be paid to you through TWT Telegraphic
Wire Transfer.


Please Kindly confirm your details with the one we have over here to
make sure we are dealing with the rightful beneficiary in other not
to pay the wrong person

Name:
Address:
Tel:
City/State:
Occupation:
Country:

However, we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Ms.
Jane Moore, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from
today; we will process and release the fund into Ms Jane Moore account.
Confirm your receipt of this mail without delay.

Yours in service
Mr Kumar Chung.
Account manager)
chungkumar1@wss-id.org

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