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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.C.S Venkatakrishnan" <kazenavraham15@gmail.com>
Reply-To: financilasurveilliance@executivemail.co.za
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:04:20 -0800
Subject: Goo day Dear Beneficiary.


Goo day Dear Beneficiary.


We are pleased to notify you that after series of meeting our board of
directors held with the United Kingdom Inland Revenue Services regarding
the complains that we
received from the general public concerning their fund that was unclaimed
due to their communication with wrong people that claimed to be bank
officials and agents in
Africa, Asia and United Kingdom. Note while this process was going on, we
discovered that you among those who have not yet received they fund, as
your email was selected by our computer ballot system as one of the
beneficiaries of this fund, and we have decided to carry on the release of
your fund by ourselves because your fund returned back to us on the 2nd of
January 2022 when we confirmed the rate of delays and questionable
activities that related to the previous administrative banks (HSBC Bank Plc
London and First Commercial Bank London) alongside with the other banks
that collaborated in delaying people’s fund after all charges and payments
demanded from such individuals. They have been mandated from today to stop
all their communication with the general public regarding the release of
their compensation fund.(
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/hsbc-said-to-near-1-9-billion-settlement-over-money-laundering/
)



Because of this, that we decided to contact you this earlier. also Note
that we the(Barclays Bank Pl c London) have also chosen (SOUTH AFRICAN
RESERVE BANK)as the bank
our choice to help us handle the release of this Compensation Payment Fund
over there for easy and trusty correspondent as agreed with our Board of
Management here in
London. Therefore, you are advised to contact MR KUBEN NAIDOO (Deputy
Governor: SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK)by email your details to him for the
reconfirmation of your
details. and immediate commencement of the funds transfer to your bank
account. We also apologize for all the delays of this payout. and all the
inconveniences that
we might have caused you during the crises. Note: The United Nations
Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not
instruct any other Bank
in any way or any Agent on this regard except (MR KUBEN NAIDOO) whom we
only trust and give permission to concerning this


.
as The Bank of England Governor (Mr. Andrew Bailey) has given serious
warning and Instructions and have ordered the Inland Revenue Services
Department of England to
quickly release all on hold funds which are in their escrow account to the
sole beneficiaries which you are among those who to receive their
Inheritance funds. as
stated early that your email address was selected by our computer ballot
system. and you have been advise to contact the Executive member of the
Monetary Policy
Committee of South African Reserve Bank (MR KUBEN NAIDOO) on his email:(
financilasurveilliance@executivemail.co.za) (
sarb.sa.reservebkfinancedept@outlook.com) to instruct you on how to
procure your certificate of claim as they bank law in South Africa demands
that without it there will not be any payment whether pending loan
amount, lottery fund, inheritance funds or whatsoever fund locally or
internationally that we received this fund without they procedure. It is
necessary that you
follow all they instruction to enable you have the accurate certificate of
your claim to avoid a delay payment of your fund. hence you have not yet
received its please
do Provide your details below to MR KUBEN NAIDOO for your claim




Full Name.......

Tel.................Address.........
Amount..............City............ Country.............Copies of
documents pertaining to the fund.

Best regards,…………………………………….
Mr. C.S Venkatakrishnan
Group Chief Executive Officer
Barclays Bank Plc London.

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