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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jan Walliser." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <janwalliser@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 04:42:00 -0400
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT.

THE WORLD BANK/AU SUMMIT
"Debt Payment Bureau"
Banque Mondiale, B.P. 03-2112
Cotonou, Bénin
Tel: +229-99968688
Tel: +229-68126386

Re: TOP SECRET.

Dear Friend,

Consequent to the World Bank Summit resolution with African Union leaders to alleviate poverty in the West African region and to avert future re-occurrence of the 2008 Global Economic Financial Melt Down. The world Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) has jointly risen up to bail-out some African countries of their financial debt crisis consequent to debts owed to their foreign contractors and inheritance payment entitlement in accordance with the bilateral treaty reached with the African Union leaders in the recently concluded, WORLD BANK, IMF, AFRICAN UNION LEADERS G20 SUMMIT held at Washington, United States of America.

A total sum of ($4.5 Billion u.s dollars) has been mapped out by the African Union leaders for payment of outstanding foreign debts owed to Contractors and next of kin in their region. It has therefore become imperative for every country to explore options for reducing their debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels to avert re-occurrence of the 2008 Global Economic Financial Melt Down, which was the quest of African Union to embark on this debt reconciliation and image laundering exercise toward uplifting the battered image of African region tarnished by some avaricious Government directors and other internet scam artist.

I am Mr. Jan Walliser (Director) World Bank Strategy and Operations Africa Region. Consequently, I received a directive from our World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim. who mandated me to use my esteemed Veto Office to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to such beneficiary whose inheritance or contract payment has been outstanding for a long time here in the African region due to the ineptitude and inability of the Central Banks and other Banks to release and transfer such payments accordingly.

>From my deep investigation in your Payment file, I sincerely wish to inform you that you are not the original contractor or beneficiary of this contract funds because you did not do any contract here with the Government. The original contractor has completed his awarded contract with the Government long-time ago and received his full contract payment before you filed in your application for claims on the said fund.

However this amount you were claiming is an over-invoiced contract inheritance amount, which has been approved for payment in favor of your name & company. But we cannot release or transfer this payment to you, unless you will agree on my terms and conditions that this fund shall be a DEAL between me and you because the fund does not belong to you, And asuch I will like us to do this deal together and share it 50% for you, 50% for me. Because our Commission has approved a part-payment sum of Twelve million, three hundred thousand u.s dollar ($12,300, 000) to be released and transferred to you.

Also I discovered some loop-holes and irregularities in you Payment file such like: (A) Non copy of executed Contract Job Blue-print Specimen (B) Non Contract Deed of Assignment" These are one of the reason you could not receive this payment until this moment. These makes this payment vividly suspicious to transfer to you.

Anyway my conditions are hereby as stated below.

1). You shall keep this deal between me and you as top secret because I am a civil servant.
2). As soon as you receive this funds I shall be entitled for 50% percent of the total sum.
3). You shall also give me letter of assurance that you will never reveal this deal to anybody.

Furthermore if you will not agree on my above conditions I shall declare this floating payment to the African Union, for outright cancellation of this payment automatically unless you will comply with my conditions accordingly.

Meanwhile all I need from you is nothing but your sincere truth and co-operation so that I can tell you the next thing to do for the immediate release and transfer of this Twelve million, three hundred thousand u.s dollar ($12,300, 000) to your account.

Be advised.

Mr. Jan Walliser.

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