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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 <goldp5618@gmail.com>
Reply-To: espera5399@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:15:21 +0100
Subject: BENEFICIARY
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Attention: Beneficiary,
This is to inform you that the world Bank regional office in west
Africa are compensating scam victims from around the world as we
approach the festive season.
Your email address was picked during random selection of emails
forwarded to us from a non-governmental organization collation databas
that is in charge of scams victims email data.
Your are therefore requested to fill out the details below, so that
our payment department will contact you and give you the details of
how to receive your compensation fund of USD$2.2 already credited in
an internationally accepted ATM visa card:
1.Full Names:….............................................
2. Contact Address:.......….............................
3 Phone number/Fax:….......…...........................
4.Age and Occupation:...............…....................
Thanks
Allen Stone
Director General
World Bank Regional Office
West Africa.
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