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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: "Barclays Banking Groups" <audits@bbankinggroups.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:49:15 +0000
Subject: Barclays coded information.

BARCLAYS BANK
POSTS 4,721,
London-Uk.
http://www.internationalbanking.barclays.com
Tel:442070600358,
Email:audits@bbankinggroups.com
TEL/Fax:447851296491



Dear Friend,

RE:SEEKING YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO WORK WITH ME.


Please do not take this for a junk letter as the case may be on internet.ok
I know Its might surprise you because we have meet neither in person nor by
correspondence,but I believe that it takes just one day to meet or know
someone either physically or through correspondence made.

However,Kindly feel free to contact the bank through this number
Tel:442070600358 but please don't disclose the nature of this transaction to
anybody once you call there until we complete the transfer of all related
informations of late Morris to you as his next of kin.
I got your email contact through my personal search, you were revealed as
being quite astute in private Entrepreneurship, one has no doubt in your
ability to handle a financial business transaction.
I am a member of staff of barclays bank here in the United Kingdom. I am
writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense
benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of &pound;12.5million
British Pounds Sterling (Twelve million five hundred thousand British
Pounds) acuminated shares in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers Late Mr.Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31 including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about
the crash on visiting this website.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because the Bank cannot
release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter
died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of
this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I
and two other officials in this department now decided to do business with
you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the
funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and we don't
want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.

We agreed that 20% of this money will be for you as a partner,
while the balance will be for me and my colleagues. I will visit your
country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above
once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is
our watchword in this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free to the conclusion.
As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail
whether or not
you are willing to enter into this deal. In the event you are not
interested, I sincerely ask that you disregard this email and tell no one
about it. I am very careful on truncating my banking career should you
mention this to someone else.
I hope you can be trusted in this regard.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalized. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response. I will give you my direct direct once i read your
readiness to work with me.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR JERRY H. HOLMES
The Head of Audits Department.
BB.UK.
Here is my direct nos:447031848347
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N/B:I Want you to understand that, this is a deal and its deserved utmost
Confidentiality.BY Reply me via my private mail box below for more details
because my years of service with this bank.
Email:jerryhholmes@yahoo.co.uk
Email:jhholmes@lycos.co.uk
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The content of this document is classified as Confidential and Proprietary
Information. This message is intended for the recipient identified above.
The content of this message is strictly confidential and exempt from
disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error,
please delete the message and notify me immediately.Signed.BB.UK
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