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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 Bank PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <896841633@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:54:48 +0100
Subject: Barclays Bank PLC




Barclays Bank PLC
27 Soho Square
London, United Kingdom
+44 793 715 0661
Email: 896841633@qq.com
Our Ref: ZNT/LN/4574/14

Attention,
We are contacting you to clarify and resolve the misunderstanding and problem at hand.
We do not intend to send to you unexpected or any sort of email because you also need to know if you are being impersonated by the unknown, therefore, this email should not be regarded as unsolicited as our intention is for your best interest and to protect your human right and our good image and reputation and to maintain our Leadership in professionalism in banking sector as one of the leading bank In England.

Be informed that we the Barclays Bank PLC London
have received instruction to release the approved sum of Two Million Dollars Only (US$2, 000, 000.00) to you, as your Inheritance fund We have with us the entire documentation required for this payment in your favor. We shall be waiting to hear from you for the immediate payment and to guide you on the modalities as the policy of this bank permits us.

We hope to hear from you soon because we are hereby grant you the chance to Receive your funds payment legitimately and ceremoniously after the Verification over your funds legitimacy by the World Bank as the US Homeland Security have secretly investigated and discovered the legitimacy of your approved funds under the world Bank in Rainer Venghaus Head Office Swisland , and the endorsement for the free release of your funds which has been issued to us.

You are therefore, authorized to receive your payment immediately upon hearing back from you and to facilitate the entire required documentation in your name as the sole beneficiary to the aforementioned funds, which shall be released to you as soon as we receive your response regarding this message.

My bank is willing to release your Certified Bank Draft to you, Should anything happen to your payment as the authorities might decide to cancel it if you delay for long as the case may be, understand that my bank will not be held liable. Therefore, this is the best chance you would need to receive your payment. The scan original copy of the Bank Draft will be forwarded to you upon having a confirmation reply from you.

After this resent approval of your contract/inheritance fund payment of Two Million Dollars Only (US$2, 000, 000.00) to be released from my bank, Mr. Hancock from Washington DC contacted my bank requesting for the release of your funds in his name as your next-of-kin/beneficiary hence you are proclaimed dead few weeks back and WILLED everything to him. And the below are his bank account details which he provided to us for the remittance, urging my bank to transfer your fund into his account immediately before it is too late:

His Bank Account Details:
Account Name: Mr. Hancock William
Bank name: Bank of America
Account No.: #9085686846
Routing No.: #54664564
Swift Code: #BOA57293GH
Address: Washington DC

Please, if you are not dead as this man said, kindly provide in the below DETAILS required from you to enable us update your payment documents and put a stop before this person take charge of your fund because he is requesting my bank to guide him on what to do fast to enable him have the fund transferred to his account with Bank of America, kindly furnish us with the details below if you are not aware of this whole thing that is going on:

1. Full Names:
2. House address
3. Occupation:
4. Phone/fax:
5. Age/sex

Thank you for your understanding.
Yours In-Service

Richard Bellamy.
Barclays Bank PLC
27 Soho Square
London, United Kingdom
+44 793 715 0661
Email: 896841633@qq.com


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