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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: "Bibby Financial Services" <contact@bibbyfinancialservices.com>
Reply-To: contact@bf-services.co.uk
Date: 7 Aug 2022 13:19:12 -0700
Subject: No upfront fees required.

Dear prospective client,
My name is Fabian Shaw. I bring you very good tidings today; and hope that this information meets you in good health. I am a loans coordinator, at Bibby Financial Services. It has been brought to our knowledge, that there has been an outstanding payment due to have been credited to you, a couple of years ago. But as a result of the required upfront fees which you were expected to come up with, you are still yet to receive your already approved payment.

I am here to inform you, that in order to receive your expected funds (which is quite a huge sum), you need no longer bother yourself about taking out any more monies from your pocket, to pay for the required charges. Our organization is willing and very able, to finance your transaction; and provide you with all the funds that you would be required to pay as processing / clearance fees, in order for your expected funds transfer to be completed.

There will be no upfront charges involved, or required at any stage of this transaction. It is only after such a time as when you have successfully and completely received your expected payment, into your local bank account, that you would then be required to repay us the total amount provided to you, with a 25% profit; which is not subject to change at any stage of the transfer process (regardless of the duration).

>From the date of your acceptance of our very reasonable offer, it should take a maximum duration of 10 business days, for the entire process to be completed; and your expected payments executed, to any bank account of your choice. To accept this offer, and for us to register you with our company, you are simply required to provide us with the details requested for, below;

1)Names in full:
2)Address:
3)Phone number:

Send this information to us by email on: contact@bf-services.co.uk . As soon as you respond, and provide us with the requested information above, and a convenient time to call you, 1 of our coordinators will give you a call, to shed more light on the entire process. Thank you for taking out time to carefully go through this email. We look forward to working with you; and making sure that you receive your expected payment, within the shortest possible period of time.

Sincerely yours,

Fabian Shaw,
Loans coordinator,
Bibby Financial Services.

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