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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: REV DR JUDE ORJI <mrslucycart02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imfclearancefofficcee@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:45:07 +0100
Subject: In respect of the bilateral agreement/memorandum of understanding
Attention :Beneficiary
In respect of the bilateral agreement/memorandum of understanding
signed recently between the government of Nigeria, the World Bank to
audit the Nigeria Government account .In the cause of the auditing we
found your payment file pending and i discovered also that you have
paid all the fees that you where asked to but you never receive a cent
.
We wish to bring to your notice that the World Bank team of experts
has been mandated and empowered to solely handle all foreign payment
and other external debt servicing exercise and to ensure that such
payment are received by beneficiaries within a period of (4) Four
working days from the date of notice. Based on the development you are
advised to urgently furnish us with your payment details to ascertain
your legitimacy before we approve the remittance of the said funds to
your account. and take note you are not required to pay any fee.
1. YOUR BANK PERPENDICULARS
2. PROVE OF ANY PAYMENT YOU HAVE MADE IN THE PAST.
3. COPY OF YOUR ID CARD.
4. YOUR FULL NAME
As soon as we get theses documents genuinely we shell urgently ask the
Bank of to Credit your account and debit our account with them.
REV DR JUDE ORJI
CHAIRMAN
West African Regional Representative.
ANTI-FRAUD
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