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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: "Mr. Alim Abdul" <Alim.Abdul@barclays.ae>
Reply-To: r1328yt7rg54@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:00:25 -0600
Subject: Lets Work Together

Dear Friend,





Thanks for taking your time to read this email i know it must have come up to you as a surprise . I know in the times we live in its hard to trust contacts from a social media perspective. But nevertheless reality still exist on the bases of trust and mutuality. I will formal;ly introduce myself to you. My Name is Mr Alim Abdul, a Remit/Offshore Transfer Director at Barclays Bank PLC United Kingdom. I am contacting you concerning an abandoned sum of £25,500,000.00 GBP. In March 2008, A customer a foreign contractor with Royal Dutch Plc came to our bank for business discussions and investment, As the officer in charge of his transaction then, I encouraged him to consider various growth of funds with prime ratings. Then he invested Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only. Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to £22.5 GBP. After few months; my bank (Barclays Bank PLC) sent several notice to him without response and unfortunately, my client died in a car crash along with his nuclear family at France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2010, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a WILL and several efforts were made to find his extended family through your embassy without success. Because of the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers don't nominate next of kin in their investment, also usually in most cases leave their WILLS in our care, in this case; our now deceased client died in-testate.



It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no known or identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private banking sector will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statement of claim to Barclays Bank PLC, failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of Barclays Bank PLC. This will result the money entering the Barclays Bank accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Ten {10} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.



Now, I am prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation of our deceased customer ( ). I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio 40/60. You will get 40% and I will be entitled to 60% as the initiator of the deal. You know that I must have done my home work already before contacting you. Although the project is capital intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal channels with your assistance at your end. I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from Britain to your country. Once more, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail and forget I ever contacted you, I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive; do not destroy my career. Opportunities like this only comes once in a lifetime. I am a family man and this is an opportunity for me to give my family the best in life. I would want you to think about this and let me know your decision. If you give me a positive response, I will give you the relevant INFORMATION for the successful transfer of these funds and we both enjoy it in peace.



If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you not contact me via official channels because our calls may be monitored at the bank. I took time to do a search on similarity of name before i made this contact.





Yours sincerely

Mr. Alim Abdul

Remit/Offshore Transfer Director

Barclays Bank PLC +

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