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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: "WDRC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bankofeastasiausa@yahoo.pt>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:32:21 -0800
Subject: Awaiting your urgent response.

WELCOME TO WORLD DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE
WORLD DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE (WDRC)
Address:541 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 204,
Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
 
Dear Beneficiary,
 
YOUR-UNCLAIMED FUND NOTIFICATION
 
I am Apana, Dennis of the newly inaugurated World Debt Recovery committee (WDRC).in conjunction with West Africa Fund Monitoring Unit (WAFMU)
 
This is to officially inform you that we have written to you before without getting respond from you and we believe that our previous mail did not get to you therefore we write you again. We are contacting you concerning the release of your inheritance fund / Draft /Cheque /ATM Card which have been delayed for transfer by some officials who claim to be in position of your fund thereby extorting money from you in one way or the other.
 
We hereby inform you that the ATM card worth US$22.5m has been credited in your favor as the first part payment of your inheritance fund which has been delayed by these officers who claim to be in position of your fund.
 
From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with federal
Government of NIGERIA and U.S.A Government,your name was discovered as
next on the list out of the 11 outstanding contractors who have not yet
received their payments during the 3 years tenure of the previous
administration in office please bear with us for making this initial
contact through email. Meanwhile, a woman came to this office a few days ago
with a letter claiming to be your true representative and she is willing to
pay $250 the wire/transfer delivery charge to have the fund delivered to her. Here
is her informations below.
 
Name: Mrs.Annette stillman
Bank name: Citibank , Arizona , USA .
Account Number: 6503809008
Routing number: 322271627
Swift code#:WMSBUS66
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv
Palmdale ca..93550
 
Please do reconfirm to this office as a matter of urgency if this woman is
from you or not so that this office will not beheld responsible
for paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your representative,
you requested to fill and send this informations for verification
purpose so that your fund valued ($22.5m usd) will be remitted in to your
nominated bank account.
 
 
Secondly,the only money you pay for the transfer to take place is just $250
being the approval payment certification from the government and you are
giving a limited time to send the payment and please be advise that you
are to send the payment to American Embassy office in Nigeria .Do contact
us immediately,for the payment details.
 
As soon as the Payment information is received, your funds will be wired
to your bank account directly from Federal Reserve Bank New York USA,if We did not hear from you, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs. Annette Stillman if we do not hear from you within the next three working days from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of your fund must have caused you.
 
 
Awaiting your urgent response.
Apana, Dennis

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