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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: "John k martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnkmartins04@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 08:06:12 -0800
Subject: LATE HUGO CHAVEZ,TARDE HUGO CHAVEZ

Barclays Bank PLC
28 High Street
Nottinghamshire
United kingdom NG1 2bd


Dear friend,

My name is John k. Martins and i am the chief officer of the

Barclays bank nottingham, United kingdom . I am married with 3

kids .

I wish to inform you that i need your urgent help . The sum of

£16.5 million british pounds was left in my bank by the late Hugo

Chavez , the former president of venezuela and i was his account

officer until he died .

I met Mr. chavez in venezuela in 2008 and he opened this account

in my bank and informed me that he wanted to invest in real

estate in the united kingdom. I need to transfer this money from

my bank to your bank so that we shall both share this money and

i need the transfer to be done urgently .

Please contact me now via my email address johnkmartins04@gmail.com

if you can help me and send me the below details

1} Full names and

2} Address

3} Mobile number

I am waiting to hear from you now .

John k.Martins.


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Barclays Bank PLC
Rua 28
Nottinghamshire
Reino Unido NG1 2bd


Caro amigo,

Meu nome é John k. Martins e sou o diretor do

Barclays bank nottingham, Reino Unido. Sou casada com 3

crianças.

Gostaria de informar-lhe que preciso de ajuda urgente. A soma dos

£16,5 milhões de libras esterlinas foi deixado no meu banco do tarde Hugo

Chavez, o ex-presidente da venezuela e eu era a sua conta

oficial, até que ele morreu.

Conheci o Sr. chavez na venezuela em 2008 e ele abriu essa conta

no meu banco e me informaram que ele queria investir em real

imobiliário no Reino Unido. Preciso transferir o dinheiro do

meu banco para o seu banco para que nós ambos devem compartilhar este dinheiro e

Eu preciso a transferência deve ser feito com urgência.

Por favor, contate-me agora através do meu e-mail endereço johnkmartins04@gmail.com

Se você pode me ajudar e me enviar o abaixo detalhes

1} Nomes completos e

2} Endereço

3} Número de telemóvel de

Eu estou esperando ouvir de você agora.

John k.Martins.


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