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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: "Mr. Chris Morgan Jr" <no-reply@drivethrustuff.com>
Reply-To: Mr.chris@1email.eu
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:39:28 -0400
Subject: ***Payment Approval***

World Bank Auditors
1818 H Street,NW
United States of America
Washington,DC 20433 USA.
Tel/Fax:1(202) 477-6391
Email:Mr.chris@1email.eu


OUR REF: WBA/UNDR/COX11/015



Dear Sir,


After due consultation with the presidents of both the World Bank Mr. Jim Yong Kim and the International Monetary

Funds (IMF) Christine Laggard in respect of your overdue outstanding payment,we considered it necessary to contact

you for a quick resolution of your payment matter.

Going by the available records within our disposal,we are not pleased that so many payment instruction issued to

most banks for the settlement of your transaction has come to nothing due to some alleged hard conditions imposed

on the beneficiary of such payment.

We equally regret that you have been swindled on different occasions, as you have been told severallies and unkept

promises without fulfilling any one by some of these fraudsters.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your detail information, which includes your full names, address, age,amount

due to you, and contact telephone lines.

Be informed that upon the receipt of the requested information, a credit authorization will be dispatch to the

authorized bank for onward credit of
funds into your bank account.

We look forward to your update as we are committed to the finalization of your outstanding payment matter.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Chris Morgan Jr.
Coordinating Officer
Head,World Bank Auditors
Washington,DC 20433 USA

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