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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: "Mr.Antony Jenkins" <web@afocor.com>
Reply-To: jenkins.anthony27@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:00:45 +0100 (Hora estándar romance)
Subject: From:Mr.Anthony Jenkins




Good Day Sir,

I am Antony Jenkins,a Banker Working with ( Barclays Bank,United Kingdom)
as a Branch Manager for the Past 12 years now .I have discovered a fund in
our branch for the past 7 years and until now,no one has raised claims of
account ownership.This resulted from efficient Monitoring of this fund for
so many years .
>From statistics on Investigations ,I have found a Transnational Mistake
which was committed by a Late Contractor with our Government ,all cabinet
officials has ascertained that the transaction is done and over
with,Immediately when I realized this fund i placed it on Sundry Escrow
Account here in My branch in the bank without any beneficiary information
and no person knows about this money.

After all this years, the Money is still in the bank so i will need a
foreign Beneficiary who will stand as the owner of the fund through
approved identity by my bank.With your profitable support,the bank will
transfer the money directly into your destination account without any
future legal repercussions. I assure you with my credentials in this bank
that there will be no trouble over this at all because i will back you
with all necessary documents and i will give you all the necessary
information to enable you to prove everything needed to our head Office
for the money to be transfer safely into your Account.

NEGOTIATION OF BUSINESS OUTCOME MONEY INVOLVED ( EIGHTEEN MILLION AND P
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDS US DOLLARS ) ~Business procedures is only 7 working
days between the two banks and you will have received your portion.You
will receive 40% out of the total amount at stake which is ( EIGHTEEN
MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDS US DOLLARS ) I will get 50% and 10%
for all the secondary transnational expenses .

BARCLAYS BANK will also provide a Letter to your bank in addressing a
legal transaction being completed by the bank.Authorities in your Country
will also be copied and there will be no further Interrogations over you
after the business is complete .I can see that you are a legal business
man thats why i decided to contact you for this Successful Deal.I am a
truthful man with a prestige years of accountable working ethics and i can
vouch to you that this legit business is a hassle free interest.This
transaction was planed over some years now and we need a qualify
personality like you who can stand for this ,if you will like to do this
Business with me , Kindly declare your stake in this business because it's
a priority agreement that last for Seven(7) days.

I am awaiting on your rapid responds to commence you into the details you
will need to seal this business.Please due to my Personality in the bank
I expect you to treat this letter with sensitivity. Finally, I want to
reassure you that this business is very transparent .

Best Regards

Mr.Antony Jenkins


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