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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: shivmodi <ssinternetionals@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:55:14 -0800
Subject: Your immediate attention is highly needed now!!!


Date: 19th Dec 2019

Dear Beneficiary,

On behalf of the WORLD BANK, we wish to notify you
(beneficiary) that we have approved the sum of
$5,000,000,000.00 (Five billion Dollars) only to settle
victims of terrorism, scam and displacement, etc.; and have
allocated the sum of US$6,000 000 (six Million
Dollars) in compensation for confirmed and verified scam
victims, natural disasters affected persons and terrorism victims.
Be informed that we, the WORLD BANK is delegated in
conjunction with the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND - IMF and
the UNITED NATIONS - UN to pay victims of scam the sum
US$6,000 000 (six Million Dollars) each. Some victims have claimed
their own funds while we have not heard anything from you yet regarding this
claim. Victims’ e-mail addresses were listed and approved
and yours is one of the scam victims to receive this
compensation of (six Million Dollars) only.

We are directed to compensate scam victims as stipulated in
Section B Act IV of UNITED NATIONS / WORLD BANK Compensation
Commission treaty, guidelines and regulation of 2018. The
First batch have all received their funds and your
transaction is in the second
batch of WORLD BANK / UNITED NATIONS compensation payment
schedule so you are advised to comply with this process.

To assure that you are the original beneficiary for this
compensation fund please fill this questionnaire below for
verification:

Information

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Telephone/Cell Number:
Occupation:
Attached means of identification:
Type of transaction:
Origin of transaction:
Year of transaction:

Declaration:

I,
………………………………………………………………………………………………
of
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
hereby attest that all the information given above is
correct to the best of my knowledge, and applicable to the
release of payment under review, accept and liability or any
consequences arising in the transfer or wrong placement of my funds due
to wrong information given by me. Declared that all the
information supplied above are correct.

You are to get back to the officer in charge of
compensations with the information below:

Contact name: Sir Andrew Green
The IMF foreign payment officer.
Email: dinfo1233@gmail.com

We are doing everything in our capacity to help you. We
appreciate your anticipated communication.

Sincerely,

Christine Lagarde
Secretary

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