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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: The World Bank Group <ms.oliviafranklin121@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:56:57 +0000
Subject: Attention: Dear Approved Beneficiary.

World Bank Group
Public Dept Release Committee
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA.

REF: YOUR APPROVED INHERITANCE FUNDS OF US$25,500,000.00.

Attention: Dear Approved Beneficiary.

I resumed duty recently as policy harmonization chairman on public debt, a committee set up by World Bank Group (W B G) under the able Presidency of David Robert Malpass. My office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and financial institutions here in all countries. That is to tell you that I am committed to upholding and defending the constitution and laws of the World Bank Organization as well as achieving a higher level of public safety and security through the prosecution of criminals in the states.

The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding total pending payment owned and Records before me have revealed that your payment has not been effected as a result of official negligence as your fund worth (US$25,500,000.00) has been identified either as ghost file, unclaimed deposits, and over-invoiced sum etc; this is due to many abnormalities had happened in the institutions where some top official of the Oversea Banks and Couriers are interested in your payment and they collaborate with impostors who are carrying a fake portfolios with levies misled and misguided about the position of your fund and having the opportunity to extort money from you that made it too longer up till date that explains why you receive different kinds of untrue emails and phone call from different people every day.

So, be inform that we have concluded all the necessary arrangement towards the release of your payment but due to the prevailing situation worldwide on cash movement and transfer of hug sum of money, your payment has since being deposited with our (OFF-SHORE PAYMENT CENTER) AFFILIATED TO WORLD ASSOCIATIONS OF DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICES CITIBANK WASHINGTON DC, USA .Base on the information we received from our paying office today, as the truthfully beneficiary of this payment. you are responsible to pay $285 only for your Payment Release Order FEE as the authorities demand which we described as selective payment to enable the programming of the information in the microchip compartment which will comply with Citibank Washington DC, USA to effect the transfer of your fund exactly on the particular date or period (24 hours) specified in the transfer script text for the fund to be made available to you any way you wish to receive it.

Please reconfirm your details below to our Authorized Public Debt Committee Payment Officer also as below.

1, Full Name:
2, Address:
3, Direct Mobile No:
4, Occupation:
............................................................

Contact person: Dr. Robert Lawson
E-mail: publicdeptcommitteee22@consultant.com / publicdeptcommitteee2@outlook.com
Telephone:+1 360-338-6089.

So that we can advise you on how to send the money across to enable us finalize this transfer today or tomorrow. Your payment shall be made as soon as this information needed from you is submitted through our paying office by wire transfer or by a certified Citibank Express Cheque all the transfer charges will be deducted from your total sum as long as you send the $285 for the Payment Release Order. The consequences of not adhering to this warning would be yours.

Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advised not to accept any E-mail telephone calls that do not come from this office and also from Africa in regards to your payment; this is to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment. You are required to respond with your verification code as follows.: (WBG974US)

Accept our congratulations in advance.

Best regards,
Dr. Robert Lawson
Telephone: +1 360-338-6089.
E-mail: publicdeptcommitteee22@consultant.com
publicdeptcommitteee2@outlook.com

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