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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: World Bank <wb2787440@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wbgroup.info@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:19:22 -0800
Subject: WELCOME TO WORLD BANK
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WELCOME TO WORLD BANK
1850 l ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20006, UNITED STATE
Attn Dear Esteem Customer,
I acknowledge that you haven't noticed about your compensation fund
from world Bank we are in the process to open your online bank account
for you
to start transferring your total funds sum of $10 million USD to your personal
bank accounts today or any bank account of your choice to transfer your funds
worth $10 million USD, you can start transferring your funds to your
personal bank account okay
Thank you for your honestly and truthful with us on this to
make sure that your total funds worth $10 million USD transfer through
our online banking system is finalized without any delay.
Your urgently response will be highly needed once you receive this message.
This information is needed for successful claim of fund
Your full name...............
Your email address.......
Phone number........
Your home address.........
Thanks for banking with us
I await your urgent respond.....
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