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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/C.B.N" <cbnattorney@email.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:27:17 +0100
Subject: Your fund is due for release to you



(WORLD BANK) IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. [C.B.N]

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that your long awaited fund
valued at $10.5m has been approved for immediate release to
you.
Your name & E-mail id appeared in our payment schedule list
of beneficiaries that will receive their funds in this First
Quarter payment of the year. Your E-mail i.d was mentioned
by our security intelligent monitoring database from the
Microsoft, You will receive your payments either by ATM CARD
or Bank direct wire transfer to your destination local
account. For more verification and authentication you are
hereby advised to contact Attorney Patrick Mundi and
Chambers at the legal department of the paying Bank, The
Central Bank of Nigeria. [C.B.N] at: cbnattorney@email.com

Regards,

Mr.Vincenzo LaVia.

World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer(CFO) ( World
Bank) Head Office The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20433 U.S.A.

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