419 scam: "BRITISH FINANCE MONITORING UNIT" <claimverdept01@gmail.com> REGARDING YOUR TRAPPED FUND

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024042397 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- stevjhdcastle47@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH FINANCE MONITORING UNIT" <claimverdept01@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stevejhdcastle01@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:11:27 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: REGARDING YOUR TRAPPED FUND

Attn: Sir/madam,

It has come to our notice that a huge sum of money has been credited in
your name for transfer and is currently floating in the international
banking community. Under the stipulated Law of the Government of Great
Britain and other member countries of the United Nations, any huge amount
of money that has been found in the international computer data system
waiting to be transferred without claims for a period of 6 months or less,
shall be confiscated and forfeited to the United Nations account.

STRICT NOTICE: You are warned and advised for your own good and for the
delivery of this commission, to desist from any calls,emails,faxes and
posted letters from any where in the world purporting to be assisting you
in receiving your payment. No organization, Individual or group of people
are responsible for making your payment realistic except the British
Financial Monitoring Unit,be wise please. Note: The British Financial
Monitoring Unit is making this payment possible base on the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) reached with the United States Government, British
Government,the European Union (EU), The Asian Government and the Arab
World. All of them are all signatories to this payment procedure of which
the United Nations has been officially and legally notified.

Our official dealing code with you is (BFMU2009). This code will guide
and protect you from the intending scammers who would want to use this
commission as a cover up to fraudlent activities. Any message you
receive from any where in the world without our dealing code should be
discarded and disregarded for your own good and we should be notified
immediately because we don't want to take chances with this payment. We
do hereby ask you to contact this office immediately for ratification
within the 3 days of this notice or consider your fund confiscated.
We appreciate your urgent co-operation.

Steve J.Hardcastle
Tel:+44-7024042397
Email:stevjhdcastle47@gmail.com
DIRECTOR BRITISH FINANCE MONITORING UNIT

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