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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: "Ms. Patricia McCoy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mccoypatricia12@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:36:54 +0100
Subject: THE WORLD Bank FUND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND PAYMENT BUREAU

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
THE WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS
1818 H STREET, NW UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON DC 20433

This message is brought to you from the General Information, Media and Publication of THE WORLD Bank FUND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND PAYMENT BUREAU

MSG SWIFT NO: WBFR370MPBAPPXXXXX1015

Dear Beneficiary,

This body is set up to recover all intercepted and unpaid contract funds, Inheritance payments, Lotto Funds, scammed victims compensation funds and approved natural disaster victim payments such as Earthquake Victims, Hurricane victims, Tsunami victims and Volcano victims being owned to Governments, Organizations and Individuals all over the world.

We have dispatched our most trained special auditors to various countries and have so far recovered approximately $370M (Three Hundred and Seventy Million United States Dollars). But, the most disturbing news is the rate of scam that is being committed in Nigeria- West Africa at intervals which has been discovered by our special auditors. This act has rendered so many people homeless, useless and helpless.

Our special auditors sent to Nigeria have forwarded list of names and email addresses of the Nigerian 419 Scam Victims to us. We have discussed extensively with President Muhammadu Buhari and made him to understand that we shall place an economic embargo on his country if he fails to do what is right and compensate all the affected victims adequately which you are among.

The good news we have for you now is that Muhammadu Buhari and his members of Federal Executive Council have accepted to compensate all victims with a total sum of $2.5M each. This compensation payment takes effect from today so we advise you to urgently respond to this message and let us know if you are ready to accept this compensation amount of $2.5M and forget whatever business transaction you have with anybody in Nigeria in the past. We are sick and tired of all the reports we have been receiving against Nigeria and want to put a STOP to it once and for all. We shall cancel your name if we find out that you are still communicating with anyone from Nigeria regarding any payment after today so be WARNED!

Finally, be informed that we shall cancel your payment if we find out that you are not a scam victim and have never had any dealings with any Nigerian Government official, Individual, Bank or any organization regarding any payment, don’t reply to this message.

Our goal is only to ensure that all scam victims are well compensated and not to give free funds to people.

Thanks for your understanding and immediate compliance to this notification.

Faithfully Submitted!
Mrs. Patricia McCoy
For; Dr.Jim Yong Kim
World Bank President.

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