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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 Richard Smith." <mrlawsoncbn@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barclaysbankplclon@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:03:54 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved Friend Congratu!lations

Attn:

Dear Customer,

This is to notify you that Central Bank in collaboration with Bank Of
England had contracted Barclays Bank Plc for a (Commercial
Restructuring) to release your immediate part payment sum of
US$2,000,000.00 for this quarter of the fiscal year 2020 without
further delay.

With the information on my desk, I was made to understand that you
have been going through hard ways by paying a lot of charges to see to
the release of your funds which has been delayed. Please, from now
henceforth stop further communication with any person(s) from any part
of Africa,U.S.A, Europe or Asia concerning this matter.

You are not to pay any charges to receive your payment anymore as you
have meet up with the whole requirements. Your representatives may
tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk. Please be
warned!!!!

The only thing required of you is to forward your Non-Resident
Clearance Certificate/Receipt to this office, so that this office can
file the document with our WIRE DEPARTMENT for the urgent release of
your part payment sum of US$2Million.

The Central Bank and Bank Of England had paid our bank for
handling/processing your part payment for this fiscal year. As soon as
we receive the above document, we shall effect your part payment wire
transfer immediately without delay.

Will you follow our directives, your funds will reflect in your bank
account within 24hours from the date we receive the document. Do not
respond to any correspondence again from any person(s) but only to
this Bank.

To facilitate the release of your part payment sum of US$2Million, you
are required as a matter of urgency to forward your Non Resident
Clearance Certificate as requested above through my email address as
follows:

Congratulations!

Barclays Bank Plc London U.K

Mr Richard Smith.
Department of Relief Fund Payment
of the (HSBC Bank) Foreign Debts Management

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