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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: Barclays Bnk <barclaysbarclaysbnk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 08:53:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CARD ERROR NOTICE.


Dear Customer/Beneficiary,
 
You have a payment refund slated for your account from over charged error along with your part payment  scoped out  through our Proxy Disc during the your  initial Gold Card  electronic test running.due to our recent network break down due to a hackers recently with results to my contacting you here.
 
 Your card has been wrongly charged, we do apologise for this mistake. As part of our security, we require you to re-confirm your valid id ,address and banking particulars.
 
 Please note, the refund will take within 72 hours to go into your account which is (3working bank days).
 
Sincerely,
Mr. Benjamin Debrah.
Barclays MD/Implementing Director,
Barclay's Wealth Group,
Accra,
Ghana

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