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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''
Reply-To: <worldbankgroup1876@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:49:36 +0530
Subject: ATM CARD



Dear Client,

First of all I want to congratulate you, and I say congratulations. I have the pleasure to inform you that your name was among the list of 37 Lucky Beneficiaries

selected to receive a compensation funds benefit from the United Nations/the World Bank. You will be receiving the money though ATM CARD from the Reserve Bank Of India

(RBI). The total value you are to receive is: US$2.7 Million. You are therefore to contact the Director Foreign Operations, Reserve Bank Of India, as soon as you

receive this payment notification because you cannot receive this again from us.

Note that your ATM Card has the latest Anti Hacking Mechanism (AHM Interface) This will guarantee an effective, fast and efficient transaction Worldwide. Your ATM is

also customized to effect an Automatic Currency Conversion from USD to any currency in any ATM Machine around the Globe and it has an inbuilt Magnetic Hard Disc (MHD)

will give you a 3D Online Security which will prevent a third party access to your funds and that gives you a maximum protection from hackers.

The Reserve Bank of India RBI, has been mandated to pay you that is why your funds has been moved to the Reserve Bank of India RBI, and they have finalized arrangement

concerning the delivery of your ATM card to your address pending when you contact the Director Foreign Operations, Reserve Bank Of India RBI, who is in charge of your

ATM CARD parcel so that he can guide you how you can receive your ATM CARD. This will determine exactly when your ATM Card will be delivered to your home or office

address because it will take less than 36 hours to get to Country.

Contact him now and do not forget that he a very busy man so for that reason you need to be calling him on his MOBILE/CELL PHONE after sending him a mail in order to

alert him that you have emailed him so that he can attend to you urgently. Note that your money is not cash payment but through ATM CARD the only you are required to

do is to send the delivey of your Atm Card to the RBI as they may direct you. Do not forget to reconfirm to him your Full Name, Home/Office Address and Your Cellphone

number, your office and Home Tel: send to:

Mr. O. Adam Davidson,
The Director Foreign Operations
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Delhi
6, Parliament Street, New Delhi, Delhi, 110001
E-mail: worldbankgroup1876@gmail.com
Landline: +91-011-650-772-56
Mobile: +91-958-287-6778

WARNING, PLEASE TAKE NOTE: beware of fraudsters, kindly ignore all mails or text messages requesting you to update or provide your details of Email ID, Password, Card

Number and PIN etc, and do not click on any attachment or a link from any person you are not 100% assure of.

Finally, You have to stop all your dealings with unscrupulous elements, agents and fake people who called themselves bank officers but refused to tell you the truth

and don't ever forward this E-mail message to them for any reason. You ought not to mention this transaction to them of course, the need for such confidentiality over

this transaction cannot be overemphasized, because you don't know who is who. If you comply with all that I have advised you, you shall surely laugh.

Congratulations and have a great day.

Yours sincerely,
Sophie Aline Alexandre (Mrs).
Executive Secretary World Bank Group.
For the World Bank Group Managing Director
And Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Bertrand D. Badré.

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