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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: Barclays bank London UK <jubilatagencies@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barclayscom@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:03:07 +0100
Subject: RE: U.S. $ 800,000.00 INTEREST PAYMENT ACCOUNT

*Barclays Bank London UK*
*From: desk of*
*Mrs. Jane Richy *
*
*
*
*
*RE: U.S. $ 800,000.00 INTEREST PAYMENT ACCOUNT*
*
*
*I am Mrs. Jane Richy Managing Director, Corporate*
*Services Division and Head of Swift Transfer Unit of*
*Barclays bank London UK.*
*
*
*Sometime ago, in our bank your inheritance fund was*
*brought to our bank from National Lotto Group here in*
*England and after some period, the money was taken back to their treasury.
But for the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated an
interest of S$800,000.00 which we are about to pay you Via INTERNATIONAL
CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT through our bank in UK. (Barclays bank London UK).*
*
*
*What we need from you now is any form of your identification
for:example;your International passport or your driver license,your
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication to you with your mailing
address where this Draft will be delivered.*
*
*
*As a matter of fact we don't have enough time to waste*
*since we have wasted time in contacting you through phone,so try and
comply with the entire necessary requirement for the transaction.'*
*
*
*Contact Mr.Roy Williams*
*Tel: 44 7024086871 44 7031936248*
*Fax: 44 700 594 2237*
*Email : barclayscom@hotmail.com*
*
*
*Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send
you a mail on this email address, which I guessed belongs to you.*
*
*
*Expecting your immediately response.*
*Yours Sincerely,*
*Mrs. Jane Richy*
*Managing Director*

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