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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 Private Banking" <sistemadeclaraciones@seapuebla.org.mx>
Reply-To: barclaysprivatebank@indamail.hu
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:20:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND

Barclays Private Banking
1 Churchill Place London, E14 5HP-United Kingdom

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: INSTRUCTIONS TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITH $3.5 MILLION

We at this bank wish to congratulate and inform you that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund assessment report have decided to pay you due to investigation's of the VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND, your payment file was forwarded to us for immediate transfer of funds from their offshore account with us.

The Auditor's reports forwarded to us shows that you have been going through hard times in the past, by paying a lot of money to see to the release of your outstanding funds, which has been delayed by some dubious officials.

We therefore advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence outside this office till we transfer the funds into your bank account since you do not have to pay any money or transfer charges to receive your funds as you have met up with the whole funds transfer requirements.

The only thing required from you is to obtain the NON-RESIDENTIAL CLEARANCE FORM to enable us credit your account directly by telegraphic wire transfer and send copies of our bank's telex and funds transfer documents to you and your bankers for confirmation.

Should you follow our directives, your funds will be credited and confirm in your bank account within two working days from the day you obtain this NON-RESIDENTIAL CLEARANCE FORM.

For further details and assistance on this Transfer Notice, kindly forward your Full Name, CONTACT ADDRESS, TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS directly to me.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sergey Bormotin
Barclays Private Banking

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