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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: furdous allie <furdous.allie@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 11:40:14 +0200
Subject: Electronic Fund Transfer

Dear Friend,

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this letter
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a
result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of
this communication.

My names are Chadwick Antony with Barclays Bank, London; I am getting in
touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased client and an investment
placed under our banks management. In 2001, Mr. Scot Hammel came to our
bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division.
He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of $18.5m (Eighteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars), from a mining deal in
South Africa which he wished to have us invest on his behalf. After the
discussion, we did our independent investigations and found this true that
Mr. Scot Hammel had some mining deals involving top government officials in
South Africa that led to his amassing such wealth.

Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made
attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit
and interest stood at this point at over $19.1M United States Dollars. In
mid-2002, he instructed that the principal sum ($18.5M) be liquidated
because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in
Europe.

We got in touch with a specialist security vault firm in Europe who agreed
to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to Mr. Scot.
However, the security vault firm got in touch with us late last year that
this money has not been claimed. On further enquires we found out that
Scott was hit in the Earthquake disaster as he went mountain climbing in
Nepal last year. He has no next of kin.

The essence of this communication with you is that since I have exclusive
access to his file including all the CLASSIFIED documents, you will be made
the beneficiary of these funds. The security vault firm will contact you
informing you that fund has been willed to you. On verification which will
be the details I shall make available to Barclays Bank London, the security
Vault firm will be instructed to release the funds to you after all the
necessary verification and application is done. You do not need to have
known him. I propose that we split the money in half. This is a life time
opportunity for us and nobody gets hurt.

I hold the KEY to these funds and as a British National we daily see so
much cash and funds being reverted to the state. I will want us to keep
communication for now by email. I will give you my number as soon as I hear
from you and I will call you also for more details.

I send you this email not without measure of fear as to the consequences. I
am a family man with wife and children. Do not betray my confidence.
Please respond to this email as soon as possible to afford us the
opportunity to close this deal.

Send email to my private email address: chadwickantonimon@gmail.com



Thank you for accommodating my mail. I await your response.

Regards,

Chadwick Antony

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