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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: "barclay bank plc" <barclayplc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:00:19 +0100
Subject: Barclays Bank Plc.


Barclays Bank Plc.
Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place,
London, E14 5HP.
Registered No: 1026167
E-mail: mr_martinez@myway.com,
ormanager_haroldking@yahoo.com

Attn: Beneficiary

We hereby confirm the receipt of part payment of US$1,500,000.00 Dollars
only, into our ESCROW vault/account with the Barclays Bank Plc, London UK by
order of the Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Lotto
Award / Inheritance payments in Africa/Overseas via the African Development
Bank (ADB), as indicated in our database.

We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further
communication with any other payment centre in any part of overseas/
countries, as well as your associates in any of the African countries e.g.,
South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Abidjan, Angola, Cotonou for they
contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds.

Kindly provide us with the below information to reconfirm your details in
our database and for our prompt payment procedure s.
Beneficiary's name.............................Age: ........... Company's
name / Rank in
office...................................................................
..............Address:.....Tel...........Fax:........ Receiving
Bank.……………………Address........................... Bank Routing Number:Account
number:..........................................

Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our operational paying
bank, the HSBC Bank Malaysia, for immediate release of your allocation to
you upon receipt and official re-confirmation of the above Information.

For any further inquiry, please contact the undersigned officer as funds
will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) working days of this notice.
Once again, you are strictly warned against your further communication with
your unscrupulous associates.

Yours In Service,

John Varley
Foreign Operations Dept

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