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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • davidbrw43@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barclays Bank Plc <davidbrw77@msn.com>
Reply-To: <davidbrw43@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:37:00 +0000
Subject: COMPLY IMMEDIATELY



BARCLAYS BANK PLC.
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
7 ST JOHNS HILL,SW 11 1 TN,
LONDON

WWW.barclaysbank.co.uk


Attention: Beneficiary,


REF: - INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT


This is to notify you about the status of your fund right now on my desk. After due vetting and evaluation of your Inheritance file which The Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded and contacted us to see to your immediate payment.From our findings you have been going through hard ways by paying a lot of charges to see to the release of your fund ($25 000, 000, 00) which has been delayed. We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence from Nigeria. You don't have to pay any charges to receive your Inheritance fund anymore as you have met up with the whole requirements, your representatives in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk.The only thing required from you is to obtain a Non-Resident Clearance Form/Receipt which we are not asking you to pay the fee to us here in United Kingdom as the Government of Nigeria have paid us for handling/processing of your payment with other customers.We will help you to see that you obtain the form so that our bank will effect immediate transfer of your inheritance sum ($25 000, 000, 00) into your designated bank account.If you follow up our directives your fund will reflect in your account within five Banking days from the day you obtain this form. Do not go through anybody again but through this Bank if you really want your fund.Please respond to my private email (davidbrw43@yahoo.de)


Yours sincerely,

Mr. David Brown
Head, Private Banking Section.
Barclays Bank Plc.

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