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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: "Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva" <banka@webklinika.mk>
Reply-To: kg_worddbnkassistedprogram@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:04:34 +0100
Subject: Your Over Due Payment

This mail was from the desk of the newly appointed chief executive of
the World Bank the person of Ms. Kristalina Georgieva and I assumed
responsibility as World Bank chief executive.

The United Nation and the world bank has directed the Economic Community
Of West African States (ECOWAS) to work over the release of your fund to
you.

Following series of complaints from Citizens of the United States as
well as Citizens of Europe and Asia Countries over the Discrepancies and
fraudulent ways in which fund transfers are handled by Africans which
has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their Contract or
Inheritance funds from most Countries in Western Coast Of Africa,
Senegal, Ghana Togo and Nigeria to be precisely due to frauds and
illegal activities.

A decision was reached recently by the United Nation and the world bank
and directed the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) to
compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release all funds of
American and European citizens that are trapped in most Banks in Africa.
It was discovered that some bureaucratic bottlenecks was put by these
Banks to make it impossible for beneficiaries to get their funds which
brought bad names to most Africans Countries like Senegal, Ghana , Togo
and Nigeria to be precisely and they fraudulently divert those funds to
their private accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, this commission was mandated to
handle this matter to ensure that all funds and other funds fraudulently
being trapped in African Banks are urgently retrieved and paid to the
actual Beneficiary under a legal manner.

As this is Part of the promise made by the Nigerian president to pay
people their contract money which has been over due for payment and also
to compensate some other related scammed victims as regards to the
change which the President Federal Republic Of Nigeria promises on 29 of
May 2015 during his inauguration and at the the Economic Community Of
West African States meetings.

Please view http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32927311 and you're
among the 15 people that are shortlisted to be paid after our meeting
with the President Muhammadu Buhari, the senate President and the
Federal Executive councils, It was resolved and agreed upon that your
over due contract balance of $2,460,000 (Two Million Four Hundred And
Sixty Thousand United States Dollars) will be paid and your funds was
delayed by the previous government.

So i do strongly advice you to stop every other communication you're
having with previous bodies or persons claiming to help you and
concentrate on the help of this commission and stop every other
unnecessarily communication.

Be informed that your information will only enable us process for the
release of your "Over Due Payment" without delay.

Fill The Required Information For Your Payment And Forward The E-mail
Below.

Your Name:........,
Full Address:.......,
Your Age:........,
Direct Phone:.........,
Scan Copy Of Identification:...........

We therefore advice you to make available your details so that the
Raphaels Bank London to contact you for mode of payment of your fund. We
advise you to desist from having other communication with any other
person until your money is confirmed in your bank account. Please the
above details/data should be forwarded to the below E-mail address
{kg_worddbnkassistedprogram@outlook.com} for your fund processing and
payment officer/director the person of ;

Thanks for your co-operation and please provides to us the above
information for payment procession.

Regards,
Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva
World Bank Chief Executive.
World Bank Assisted Program International Payment & Transfer Debt
Reconciliation/Audit Unit.

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