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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 03:51:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONSIDER


Greetings...
=A0
I got your contact email address through a personal search and decided to l=
et you know about this Packaged financial transaction that will benefit us.=
I am Mr Elliot Desmond,Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Bank PLC Centra=
l London Branch with over over 20 years of banking experience.
On the course of the 2007 end of the year's audit report,I discovered that =
in one of the branches of the bank,that there is a Fifteen Million Five Hun=
dred Thousand G B Pounds ($15,500.000.00 GBP) of which the head Office is n=
ot aware of and will never be aware of, I have also PLACED this fund on ESC=
ROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary and as well i have all it takes to m=
ove this fund safely,without any trace.
=A0
As a Chief Executive Officer in the bank,I cannot be directly connected to =
this money,that is why I am compelled to look for a capable hand that will =
assist me to receive this money into his/her bank account,a new account or =
an empty account is okay,when once it is a valid account.I will compensate =
you with 40% as gratification while 60% will be for me.=20
In course of this transaction,there are practically no risk involved becaus=
e It will be a bank-to-bank transfer.=20
I will appreciate your timely response.
With Regards,
Mr.Elliot Desmond.
NOTE: Please if however,you are not disposed to assist,kindly delete this e=
mail in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible to =
enable me look for another Capable one=0A=0A=0A

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