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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Barclay's Bank Plc." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richwilliams12@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09.00.55 +0100
Subject: Barclay's Bank Plc.

Barclay's Bank Plc.
Scotland Branch,
21 Cow gate Kirkintilloche,
Glasgow, Scotland G66 1HW
DATE: 22/01 Add to calendar/2015
Email : richwilliams12@qq.com
Tel: +447031905689
 
 
 
Dear Friend
 
 
After a serious thought, I decided to reach you directly and personally because I do not have anything against you, but your U.O.B, United Overseas Bank,
Nigerian partners, Bank  OF AMERICA and EUROPE bank. I am the Head of Transfer Department Barclays Bank Scotland i am in charge of wire transfer/telex
department of the Barclays Bank Scotland, Some time in the days past your United Overseas Bank and EUROPE paying bank and clearing house London partners
approached me through a friend of mine who works with one of the ministries here and requested that i assist them conclude a money transfer deal, they told
me to help program a transfer to you. According to them they wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge amount of ($5.2million) United States dollars; the money has been floating in the Barclays Bank suspense account since then. We agreed that once I do this, they would give me $100,000.00 and when I release the fund to your account. When they saw that i have programmed it and your name has been approved among the list of those to be paid, instead of giving me the agreed amount $100,000.00, they started avoiding me and resorted to threats. I immediately deleted the transfer code of the fund, which is only known to me because of my position and released other contractor’s fund and inheritance payments without yours. They became angry when they saw that their threat did not work, they started bribing other officials to get another approval to transfer the money to you without success. i want you to know that I am 100% responsible for the delay and obstructions because of their breach of trust.
 
 
If you doubt what i have just told you then consider what has transpired through out your claim process, they continue to ask you to pay money and at
the end no result and they still tell you to pay another fee without any result yet. They are simply wicked. Now if you want us to work together, these are my conditions. 1: I will have 20% of the money because it is only the two of us left for now. No. 2:  You will assist my son to open an account in your country where I will pay in my own share. No.3: It will be useless and mere waste of time and money if you continue with any other person, so we will conclude this transaction with utmost secrecy with the above telephone and email only. No. 4: You will provide me with your private telephone, mobile and a private email to facilitate easy communication between you and i only. If these conditions are acceptable to you, contact me as soon as possible to let us finalize, so that the funds can be released to your account after due protocols has been observed. But if you are not interested, I advice you to forget the fund and stop wasting your time with your so called partners. For further response send to m
 
 
Best regards.
Mr. Williams Richard
Head, Transfer Department.
Barclays Bank, Scotland Branch.
 
 
IMPORTANT NOTE - Please, this information I am giving you is a great risk on my side, so you  have to keep this very confidential, as I am ready to assist you get your fund released to  your account. Your prompt response to this mail will expedite the release of your over due Payment. ©2012 Barclays Bank Plc International. All rights reserved

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