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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: "INFO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <acard84@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:10:27 +0800
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM BARCLAYS BANK LONDON

ATTN BENEFICIARY.
 
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM BARCLAYS BANK LONDON.ACCORDING TO THE POWER GIVING TO OUR BANK.WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR BANK IS THE ONLY AUTHORISE BANK IN LONDON TO RELEASE AND PAY YOUR CONTRACT INHERITED FUND $2.5M THROUGH MASTER CARD AND THE MASTER CARD WILL BE SEND TO YOUR ADDRESS  AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE YOUR FULL INFORMATION INCLUDE YOUR PASSPORT.
 
GET BACK TO US WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW
 
FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
ID CARD AND MOBILE TELEPHONE NO
AGE AND OCCUPATION
 
YOU ARE GOING TO WITHRAW $5000 FROM THE MASTER CARD PER DAY AND THE MASTER CARD TOGETHER WITH THE PIN CODE WILL BE SEND TO YOU TO ENABLE YOU WITHRAW YOUR MONEY $2.5MUSD FROM THE MASTER CARD STARTING FROM THE DAY YOU RECEIVE THE PACKAGE.
 
CALL ME +447045739320 OR WRITE US bbarclaysbanklondon@uku.co.uk FOR MORE INFORMATION.
 
REGARDS
DR DAVID MOORE
BARCLAYS BANK LONDON.
TEL;+447045739320
EMAIL; bbarclaysbanklondon@uku.co.uk
 
 

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