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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dianekennedy-esq@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. Christine Lagarde" <admin@excise.go.th>
Reply-To: dianekennedy-esq@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:18:04 +0800
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Attention: Beneficiary,

You may not Understand why this mail came to you. A joint meeting was held by the Financial Services Committee top officials with the Senate Committee on Foreign Debts Reconciliation and Implementation Panel on Beneficiary/compensation award fund under category D, concerning all the scam victims worldwide, which was addressed and headed by the two bodies. It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter.

The main aim of this program is to compensate all the people that have been scammed or extorted money from due to advance fee fraud and some retired workers who have not received their Gratuity benefit from the government of their country.

The Financial Services Committee, the World Bank Group and International Finance Corporation, have agreed to compensate each and everyone of you, with the sum of Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. In this category includes retired pensioners, every foreign contractor/next of kin and people that have had an unfinished transaction or International businesses that failed due to Government problems or irregularities.

All beneficiaries were selected through a global random integrated system drawn in 27 million Email addresses via the Internet and lucky beneficiaries do not have to purchase any ticket to benefit in this Compensation program. Your email is in our list and that is why we are contacting you, it has been agreed upon and has been signed by the International Finance Corporation Board of Directors and The World Bank Group Trustees.

Forward your full details such as your name: telephone number: age: sex and address and your file Reference Number below (IFC-90920_WB) for your compensation payment.

Contact Person: Barrister Diane B. Kennedy.
======= Chief Financial Solicitor =======
E-mail: dianekennedy-esq@hotmail.com
Tel: +33 744081360

Regards,
Hon. Christine Lagarde. (Director)
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NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (International Finance Corporation: IFC), urge you to treat it genuinely.

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