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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=48=61=6E=73=20=4B=72=65=73=69=63?= <hanskresic@walla.co.il>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:01:44 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=4D=79=20=6E=61=6D=65=20=69=73=20=4D=72=2E=20=44=61=76=69=64=20=57=61=6C=6B=65=72=20=66=72=6F=6D=20=74=68=65=20=42=61=72=63=6C=61=79=73=20=42=61=6E=6B=20=50=6C=63=20=4C=6F=6E=64=6F=6E=20=55=6E=69=74=65=64=20=4B=69=6E=67=64=6F=6D=2E?=





My name is Mr. David Walker from the Barclays Bank Plc London United Kingdom. As the Barclays group Chairman in charge of all International funds transfer and foreign payment, I was mandated by the United Nations Organization and International Monetary Funds (UNO and IMF) to contact you for a compensation payment of 3 Million USD only which had been approved for immediate release on your name. Note the UNO and IMF compensation payment award committee is an agency set up to monitor all transactions and compensate all those people who have lost various amount of money or valuable items in the past years either through unfinished transactions or those affected by natural disasters like floods and tsunami in all countries of the world.


Therefore you are receiving this important message from the Barclays Bank Plc London as a victim of the above circumstances because your names and your contact details came up among the list of people who must benefit from the proposed 3 Million USD compensation payment each from this honorable bank. So kindly get back to us as quickly as possible for more information on this matter. Starting from this moment, you must stop every communication with any person or group of persons concerning your funds if you really want to receive your funds from this noble bank. Thank you from Mr. David Walker, Barclays Group Chairman in-charge of International Funds Transfer. My contact telephones are: + (44) 7011162543, + (44) 7011107718. Do not click on the reply button here but copy and send your message to my private contact email at: personalcontact.davidwalker@gmail.com


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