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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: "MARK SOBEL (USA)" <laurentsauvage.private@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marksobelemailbox@qq.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:51:44 +0100
Subject: KINDLY READ CAREFULLY AND REPLY ASAP


I am Mark Sobel, World Bank Senior International Auditor (based in
Washington DC USA). World Bank in conjunction with the International
Finance Corporation, PriceWaterHouseCoopers (Accounting Audit Firm),
Deloitte (Accounting Audit Firm), KPMG (Accounting Audit Firm), Heads of
Governments, Central Banks and Treasuries have appointed myself and my
audit team to audit the financial books and records of Royal Dutch Shell
Corporation, British Petroleum, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips
Australia Pty Ltd, NNPC Nigeria, ExxonMobil Australia (Esso), OMV Australia
Pty Ltd, Shell in Australia, New Zealand Oil & Gas and 97 other
Corporations from 2002 to 2015 to ascertain why huge sums of contract funds
are not paid till date. These contract funds have been lying fallow in some
of these Corporations Offshore Bank Accounts and not paid for years. The
World Bank in conjunction with all other authorities as listed above have
come together to authorize the immediate Auditing of the Financial Books
and Records of these Corporations and to ensure all unpaid contract funds
are duly processed and paid to the respective contractors or
representatives. This is also prompted by the steady falling Oil prices
which has caused the authorities to ensure all unpaid contract funds are
duly processed and paid out without delay or hitch.

In the course of my audit and accounting investigation at these
Corporations as World Bank/IFC Appointed Independent Auditor, one of the
unclaimed numerous contract funds amounting multi-million US Dollars caught
my attention. The contract has been long approved and ready for payment but
the foreign expatriate contractor (An Asian-American) who executed the
Contract has long died since 2005 in the South American Island of
Martinique while on vacation. Since December 2005, the Contract Fund has
been ready to be paid to either his Associates, Representatives or Next Of
Kin but the contract documents and papers did not specify or made mention
of the name of who his Associates, Representatives or Next Of Kin are to
receive the fund. As a Lawyer and Auditor that worked on the contract
details and has all facts and documents about the contract, I have the
legal contract documents and papers to present you to the Corporation as
his Associate, Representative or Next Of Kin to enable us receive the
contract fund which has been authorized and approved for payment.

The Corporation has approved the payment to be released via the
Corporation's Offshore Bankers in USA, Chase Bank New York. I need your
partnership to claim the unclaimed and approved contract fund ready for
payment. I shall present you to the Corporation as his Associate or
Representative and I will back it up with the Original Contract documents
at my disposal and the fund shall be released to us while we share it
accordingly in a percentage that we both shall agree upon.

Send your Reply to: marksobel.private@foxmail.com

Regards,

Mark Sobel
Washington DC, USA
marksobel.private@foxmail.com

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