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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 ANDREW SCOTT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrandrewscott5@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:35:44 +0100
Subject: RE-OVER-DUE PAYMENT RELEASE FROM THE WORLD BANK VALUED AT SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED DOLLARS A

FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY OFFICE UNIT FSA
APPROVED BY THE WORLD BANK FUNDS REGULATORY SYSTEM
UNITED STATES.
FROM THE DESK OF FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR:
MR ANDREW SCOTT,
E-MAIL:mrandrewscott5@gmail.com
DATED 17/11/2016
 
 
Attention Fund Beneficiary:
 
 
RE-OVER-DUE PAYMENT RELEASE FROM THE WORLD BANK VALUED AT SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED DOLLARS APPROVED.
 
 
I am  Mr. ANDREW BEN SCOTT of Financial Service Authority (Fsa) Head Office here in the united states. Your  data information, email appeared among the beneficiaries, that we have been mandated to process effectively within the next ten (10) working days to be receiving  A Beneficiary/Approved payment through the World Bank Payment Release Schedule for the first quarter face of the payment year 2016.
 
 
Note that your total adherence to this tutelage and official directives will enable us issue an approved payment money order to an attached bank/payment center to make effective remit of a total sum valued at Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only (US $6,500.000.00) as first part payment of your total expected amount that will be further processed in this payment year 2016.
 
 
You are requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund. However, we have to advise you strongly of the perpetrating acts of impersonators and hoodlums around the entire globe, so to be careful of dealing with the rightful beneficiaries, you are directed to reconfirm to us within the next twenty four (24) hours with your full and complete information's for proper official verification with what we were presented with by the World Bank, as we have been receiving signals from people trying to impersonate our listed beneficiaries, so our caution is to treat this transaction with full and utmost diplomacy and confidentiality as that will aid us deal with you rightly and also enable us expedite action in facilitating your transaction within the mandated frame time as instructed by the World Bank to the Financial Service Authority Fsa.
 
 
1 Your Full Names
2 Your Present Contact Address.
3 Your Telephone & Fax Numbers.
4 Your Occupations/Age/Sex.
5 Your Private Email Address.
6 Your Identification.
 
 
Your information's for official verification should be forwarded to the above office email for further directives.
 
 
We say congratulations to you and look forward to serving and working together to a successful  completion of this task
and quest ahead.
 
 
Thanks and Best Regards,
 
 
Mr. Andrew Ben Scott
Finance Department Director

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