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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Callins Wanger" <galima@fbics.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:44:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MR. COLLINS WALGER


FROM MR. COLLINS WALGER
BILLS & FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGER
BARCLAYS BANK PLC U.K
DEAREST ONE, 
I got your contact information from your organization profiles. I am the Manager of Bills and Foreign Exchange at the Remittance Department of BARCLAYS BANK PLC here in England. I am contacting you with trust and I want you to keep this transaction very confidential between both of us only.  In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of GBP £7,500,000.00 (SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family during the Bomb Blast in London. The Bomb Blast happened as a result of the Terrorist Attack on the 7th July 2005.  Since I got the information about his death, the account has been suspended and dormant.  We have been expecting his Next of Kin to come over and claim this money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as Next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking rules and regulations. But
unfortunately, we learnt, and it has been confirmed that all his supposed Next of Kin or relation died along side with him during the Bomb Blast leaving nobody behind for the claim. He died with his wife and children. Please I want you to visit the website below for more information about the terrorist attack in London and the victims:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/victims/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2005/london_explosions/default.stm
http://havenworks.com/world/united-kingdom/london/july-7-2005-london-bombings/
As a result of this, I have now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the fund to you as the Next of Kin or the business partner to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it. For your information, I don't want this money to go into the bank’s treasury account as unclaimed fund. If this fund is not transferred out before our annual account audition, the account will be confiscated and our bank (Barclays Bank) will block the money.
All I want you to do is to stand as the next of kin, co-beneficiary or his foreign business partner and we shall arrange the transfer to your account overseas.  I agree that 40% of the total fund will be for you as my foreign partner and the receiver of the fund, in respect to the provision of a foreign account. And 60% would be for me.  After the transfer, I will visit your country for the sharing according to the percentage indicated (40% / 60%).  Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you have to contact me so that I will direct you on what to do. I will make all the arrangements to transfer the money to your account. Send me your private telephone for easy and effective communication.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you by email, the text of the application to fill and send to the bank director. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100% Risk free and you should keep this transaction (Confidential) and this transaction will only take us 14 banking days immediately you accept this proposal. As a banker, I know what to do to move the fund into your account without any delay as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. Finally, I shall send you a copy of my International Passport immediately I receive your positive response, to enable you know me better. I will send you my working identity card in my next massage as soon as I hear from you too.
Yours faithfully.
COLLINS WALGER
Bill & Exchange Manager
Barclays Bank Plc U.K

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