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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: "Lucas Grace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revlucasgrace@inbox.ru>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:33:37 -0500
Subject: Accept my warmest greetings

Beneficiary email id owner,

We hope this message will meet you in good health, This office wish to notify you through this medium that your outstanding transaction Valued for the sum of $USD4,500,000 has been perfected and the fund release order application as earlier made in your favor have been approved by the various offices involved in your funds transaction. The approval process was granted few hours ago by the appropriate authorities meanwhile mandate instruction has been given to Barclays Bank Group to effectively credit your personal bank account with the aforementioned amount.

Meanwhile, due to the bureaucratic bottleneck that has militated against the completion of the direct transfer of your fund to your account in the past which has been resolved inlieu with the new instructions and approval received on your behalf, an arrangement has been concluded with our affiliated banking agency to carry on the transfer of your total funds to your designated bank account without any delay. We resulted to this arrangement in order to avoid some bureaucratic challenges which emanates when an international transfer has been unnecessarily delayed so to ensure that your total funds will be credited into your personal bank account as soon as you contact the bank as directed.

Kindly go ahead and contact Barclay's Bank Group with your personal information,s upon the receipt of this mail notification and inform the bank management that we directed you to contact them for the claim of your $USD4,500,000 Only.

Barclay’s Bank Group
Contact Person:: Dr Morris Richard
(Head of Private Banking Team)

Once more we wish to commend your mutual cooperation on this transaction and do be in touch with us as you establish contact with Barclay's Bank Group as instructed for the claim of your outstanding payment meanwhile furnish your personal information,s as stated below when contacting the bank as directed.
Full Name,
Home address,
Telephone,
Nationality
City/Postal code
Occupation
Identification id
Amount to be paid to you.

We await your mail update as soon as you contact the bank for the transfer as directed.

Yours In service
Rev Lucas Grace

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