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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: "MR BO BANNER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrwaynecollins002@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 05:26:09 +0100
Subject: BARCLAYS BANK PLC (BBPLC)London




Dear valued Customer,

I am Mr.Bo Banner Executive Director, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (BBPLC)London,United Kingdom. We write to confirm if you sent Mr.Edward Lyons to claim your fund of 1.5 Million USD. on your behalf since you have been hospitalize.However, we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Mr.Edward Lyons as your Next Of kin, if we do not hear from you within the next five working days from today. Waiting to hear from you.Send an E-mail as soon as you receive this letter so that you will be given an immediate response to my private email: ( mrwaynecollins002@gmail.com)for a swift response and urgent completion of this transaction.

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $640,00 Usd only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $640.00 only.



Pease do furnish us with your details as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________




Yours sincerely,
Mr.Bo Banner
Head, Private Banking Section.
Phone number,+447031977530

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