419 scam: "WORLDWIDE DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE World Bank Approved" <john.davisjohnson@yahoo.pt> PARTPAYMENT OF ($15.5M)

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "WORLDWIDE DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE World Bank Approved" <john.davisjohnson@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: john_davisjohnson@yahoo.pt
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:00:31 -0500
Subject: PARTPAYMENT OF ($15.5M)

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WORLDWIDE DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE
World Bank Approved
An Agency for International Financial Corporation.

46,Blandford Street,
LondonW1U 7HT,
United Kingdom.
PARTPAYMENT OF ($15.5M)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

As part of our global services as outlined by the World Bank and
International Finance Corporation, we have recovered your beneficiary
fund ($15.5M)that was suppose to be paid to you long time ago. Your name and
your e-mail address is attached to this payment as revealed by the
World Bank Recovery Committee and Federal Reserve Bank of England.

Congratulations!

Your long delayed Inheritance Funds Payment is now ready to be
released to you without any further delay.

You are urgently advised to contact the below Committee in Belgiun for
immediate release.

Belgiun Presidential Committee
International Representatives
Contract/Inheritance Payment
Sao Paulo.

Ref: REPS/BRZ/INTERNATIONAL-INHERITANCE/PMT/3.28.15
Contact Officers:-
Eduardo Carlos Neto,
Lilian Isabela de Jesus
& Thamires Cristine Gomes De Oliveira
(Belgiun Presidential Committee Reps.)

Accept our Congratulations!

Best Regards.
John Davis Johnson
President, (World Bank);
In Collaboration with: (Worldwide Debt Recovery Committee).

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