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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: "Dr.Alberto J. Verme" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <harrydaviesauditor@shqiptar.eu>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 04:00:13 +0100
Subject: Re:PAYMENT APPROVAL NOTICE!!!

PAYMENT APPROVAL NOTICE!!!
International Finance Corporation
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Headquarters.
 
ATTENTION!
 
We want to quickly inform you that World Bank Auditors that are presently sitting in our country
for the payment of contract/inheritance funds that originated all round Europe,Asia,Africa and United States.
This supervision exercise was part of the agreement signed between the joint meeting of this office, European Union,United
Nations and the African Union.
Your name appeared in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid contract/inheritance beneficiaries who will receive a
part-payment of $3.7million which originated from Africa.
The funds have been approved for immediate payment to you in a SWIFT CARD PAYMENT(Visa,Master card or wire transfer to your
designated account.
Kindly respond urgently with the below information pending on the mode of payment preferable to you which will be used to
program the funds in your favor by our represenative in Nigeria, Mr. Harry Davies (harrydaviesauditor@shqiptar.eu) who is
solely there to ensure transparency and proper accountability.
 
1. YOUR FULL NAME & ADDRESS.
2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
3. YOUR AGE
4) YOUR NEXT OF KIN
5. OCCUPATION
6. DATE OF BIRTH
7. SEX:M/F
 
We therefore demand for your full benefit in this payment process. We hereby issue you our code
of conduct code for identification to eliminate fraud.
 
INDICATE THIS CODE (PAYMENT/722) WHEN CONTACTING THIS OFFICE USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
 
Sincerely,
 
Dr.Alberto J. Verme,
 
Dept. of Treasury/Structured Finance.
International Finance Corporation(World Bank Group)

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