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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. Jimmy Johnson" <dsxdfff@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dexoffi24@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:00:43 -0800
Subject: REPLY ASAP

BARCLAY,S BANK PLC,UK
1 Churchill Place,
London, E14 5HP
Tel: (44) 703 195 8389
From The Desk Of:
Mr. Jimmy Johnson
(International Remmitance Officer)

Attention,
Dear sir,

I am Mr. Jimmy Johnson from Barclays Bank PLC,UK. we had just formed a new
forum which is the newly inaugurated World Debt Recovery committee (WDRC).
My committee has a mandate to recover unpaid debts associated with NNPC
contracts, Lottery fund, inheritance fund, loans
and grants etc ranging from $1M-$95.5M owed to various beneficiaries and
companies across the globe (Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, and Australia) and
submit the list of the unpaid beneficiaries/companies to the 2 appointed
official paying Banks for immediate payment of the fund.

In the course of our investigation, your email address/particulars were
shortlisted among the first fifteen individuals yet to be paid hence this
email. However, we received a petition today from one Mrs. Christina Morgan
that you are dead. According to her, you died in a plane crash as such your
fund should be paid to her as the apparent heir. She has also submitted her
Bank account with Bank of America for the transfer of the fund to her.

To avoid undue delay or paying the fund to wrong individual/beneficiary, we
have decided to contact you for confirmation. If we fail to hear from you
after 72 hours, it will be assumed that the petition of Mrs. Morgan is true
and the fund will be paid to her without further delay.

Therefore, We would like you to choose below your choice of fund transfer:

(A) Bank Transfer/Online Banking
(B) Certified Bank Draft/Cheque
(C) ATM Card
(D) Consignment

Your full personal information is also required as below which will be
needed for the transfer of your fund.

(A) Full name and residential address
(B) Next of kin
(C) Occupation
(D) Nationality
(E) Bank Account Information
(F) Telephone numbers
(G) Scan the first page of your international passport or drivers license,
recent passport photograph, send all via email attachment.

Your urgent response is always required because you have a limited time to
execute this fund. be free to call us any time for more
information.

Sincerely Yours
Mr. Jimmy Johnson

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