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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: JOSEPH ANTHONY <manager88@post.sk>
Reply-To: JOSEPH ANTHONY <josephanthonyanthony@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:19:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Barclays Bank Dubai

Good day,

My Name is Joseph Anthony,Am a banker working with Barclays Bank here in U.A.E, I know that this letter may come as
a surprise to you, because you do not know me,but I Need your help, also l don't know you
but through Your profile i decided to give You a trail. In my Department we discovered an
abandoned sum of $ 6. 7 m dollars (six million seven hundred thousand United States dollars)
belonging to the client's account, a Russian citizen, Mr.Husson Giacomo, who died on a business
trip in the earthquake, many died in Indonesia in September 2009 year. Since we got information
about his death, we waited for his next of kin or relation to come over and claim his money,
because we can't release the money without somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation of
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately no body came forward to
claim.i want to introduce You to the Bank as next-of-kin Mr.Husson

Banking law and guideline stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the
money will be transferred into the Bank Treasury as unclaimed Fund. "We do not want the Bank to
seize the money that is the reason why will Need to take this opportunity for us to claim this
Fund with you as Mr. Husson relatives. The deal requires a lot of trust and commitment from you
and hope that you would not betray me, once the money issue to you as his next of kin. I believe
that my exchange ration was adopted by 50%/50 you this just cause. I want you to have one thing
in mind, this transaction is 100% risk free and secured after you follow my instructions. You are
requested to send the following information to begin the process:

1. full name ...
2. born: the ...
3. occupation: the ...
4. CONTACT ADDRESS: the ...
5. phone number: the ...
6. verification of identity: the ...
7. age: the ...

Upon receipt of the above information, I will prepare a letter to you, which you will use to
apply to an accredited consultant Bank of Dubai that I must give you his contact details, also
send you the deposit document of proof of funds, but most importantly, I wanted you to assure me
that you will not betray that trust and confidence that I'm going to sit on you. Finally, I hope
to meet you and your family as soon as we get credited to your account for payments and
investment objectives of the Fund. I am waiting for you.
All the best my Email: (josephanthonyanthony@yahoo.com)


Mr.Joseph Anthony
Barclays Bank Dubai.
_____________________________________________________________________

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