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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: Mangalakuntu Kanyakumari <mangalakuntu@muthoottumini.com>
Reply-To: "Mr.Ray Brown" <raybrowny_barclays@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 17:26:40 +0530 (IST)
Subject: DEAR

Dear,
We are deeply sorry that your fund has not been transferred to you till now, because of the activities of some bad persons here in London and their evil collaborators in Africa. Therefore, we have been named as a great financial institution, the BARCLAYS BANK PLC LONDON to pay all victims their fund. These victims are those who have been deceived and duped of their hard earned money. This, we discovered through the 2013/2014 Financial Records Review and Accounts Auditing Report. This 2013/2014 Financial Records Review and Accounts Auditing Report was submitted to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank on Monday 1st November, 2014.

After proper studying of this 2013/2014 Financial Records Review and Accounts Auditing Report which clearly shows that you are suppose to have received your part payment fund of FIVE MILLION,EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES of AMERICA DOLLARS (US$5,800,000.00) which is long overdue. Therefore, the BOARD OF DIRECTORS has decided to transfer this fund to you through our ONLINE BANK WIRE TRANSFER SYSTEM to your local bank account.

Please give us the following information to serve you better: 1. MOBILE PHONE NUMBER 2. RECENT PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHY. Thanks for your cooperation till we hear from you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Ray Brown.

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