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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: "MR.JOHN DULLEY" <conormackin@eircom.net>
Reply-To: johndulley12@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 02:46:47 -0700
Subject: APPROVAL OF YOUR FUND PAYMENT 00

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT
UNIT UNITED NATION(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMER)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT
AND TRANSFERS.Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
DEBT SETTLEMENT PANEL

Attn: Beneficiary : ,

RE: verification and approval of your payment file.

From the records of outstanding funds due for immediate payment , your
name/particulars was discovered as next on the approved list. We wish
to inform you that your payment is being processed and from the record
in my file, the total sum of US$12.5M have been approved on your
behalf for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2023


For your information, we have assigned the us-bank,to handle all
related transaction to avoid further complain from beneficiaries about
incessant taxes, fee and levies.

Kindly re-confirm the following information immediately to facilitate
the issuance of an international payment justification order document
on your behalf which will be submitted to the us-bank for the
immediate release of your funds.
1) Your full name :
2) Contact Address :
3) Nationality :
4) Occupation:
5) Phone, Fax AND Mobile :
6) Gender :
7) Age:
As soon as this information is received. your payment will be made to
your nominated bank account directly from the us-bank

Your payment approval is made under the auspices of the world bank and
we intend to successfully complete your fund transfer . You are
therefore strongly advise you to stop further communication with any
other bank or institution regarding this matter, for the overall
safety of you and your fund.

Best regards,

MR.JOHN DULLEY

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE,
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

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