419 scam: "British Bankers Association"<bbabba182@yahoo.co.uk> Dear Beneficiary

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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:

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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "British Bankers Association" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bba00002@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 05:07:17 +0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

Dear Beneficiary,

Be informed that the British Bankers Association (BBA) has approved your payment of US$50,000,000.00.

You are advised to get back to us with your name, address, telephone number and complete banking details so that we will instruct the paying bank in USA to release your payment to you.

Confirm the receipt of this email to enable include your payment file to our Payment Master List (PML) that will be forwarded to the paying bank in USA (BBVA Compass, Texas Branch, USA) to enable them process and transfer your payment to your account without any further delay this month.

Regards,

David Poyser

Executive Director,

Foreign Operations

British Bankers Association (BBA)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam