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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: "DAVID MALPASS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imfboi2018@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 14:16:28 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

WORLD BANK GROUP
1818 H Street, Washington, DC 20433
 
USA
 
  REFERENCE NO: WBG/COVID-19/102/2020
 
COVID-19 PALLIATIVE
On Behalf of the President World Bank
 
Group, MR David Malpass, i am pleased
 
to notify all the beneficiaries
 
across the whole world that World
 
Bank  through International Monetary
 
Fund in United States of America has
 
approved the release of $7,500,000
 
USD . The said fund is to help curb
 
the Pandemic effect pose to the World
 
economy by the Coronavirus which
 
started in 2019. After due
 
consultation with our Leaders, we
 
came up with this Palliative Fund to
 
be delivered to each candidate we
 
selected. The above fund is Written
 
in Cheque from UNITED STATES BANK,
 
and sealed in a parcel and has been
 
handed over to TNT COURIER COMPANY,
 
which has sole right to deliver this
 
fund to the respective owner in their
 
Country of residence.
All the beneficiary are required to
 
send their following information to
 
the Courier Company for verification.
1.        Full Name:
2.        Date of Birth:
3.        Country of Origin:
4.        State of Origin:
5.        City:
6.        Country Zipcode:
7.        Phone Number:
8.        Email Address:
9.        Contact Address:
10.        Religion:
11.        Recognized ID Card:
12.        Occupation:
 
Please Contact Mr Li Keqiang Jessy,
 
The Operational Manager of TNT
 
COURIER COMPANY  for the Mode of
 
Delivery and conditions apply.
Note: You are required to pay $450
 
USD to the delivery company as the
 
delivery Charge
Thanks
Yours in Service
MR Shaolin Yang
Chief Administrative Officer
World Bank Group
Liukun1956@hotmail.com
 
 

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