419 scam: "Halifax Bank Plc"<perry.shoomon@gmail.com> Fund Transfer!

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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.
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.
- +447023040805 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Halifax Bank Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <perry.shoomonn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:43:50 -0000
Subject: Fund Transfer!

42 Kennington
Road, se1 7bl,
United Kingdom..
Tele: + 44 702 304-0805

I am obliged to introduce myself. I am Shoomon Perry, Head of Foreign Operation Halifax Bank Plc United Kingdom

Halifax Bank Plc is a registered bank in active service in London, The nature of our services covers individuals, corporate bodies, institutions and government department. We have a large network of Commercial Banking Centers with over 100 offices through out Great Britain. In each office there is a team of banking professionals whose sole responsibility is to manage relationships with our Commercial customers. Furthermore, I am communicating you following the meeting with the World Bank delegates, based on our last annual end of year audit of 2009, which was conducted last week. Therein we discovered a Dormant Domiciliary Account containing £ 3.2Million GB pounds which was deposited in your name

Outlined Below are the account coefficients

World Bank group and United Nations domiciliary deposit no; un5685p,
White house payment approved no: wh44cv,
Beneficiary Reference no.-35460021,
World bank Payment allocation no: 674632
Beneficiary Pin code no: 55674, password no: 339331,
World Bank group Certificate of merit payment no: 103,
World Bank Group Released code no: 0763;
Immediate Federal Reserve Board telex confirmation no: -1114433,
Beneficiary id code no: xxtn013,

This account has not been operational in the last 18 months, based on the meeting with the World Bank delegates we have been given irrevocable instruction to contact you and remit the funds to you within the next five banking days. Regarding the release of this fund to you, you are urgently requested to provide to this office the following information which will empower us to Transfer the funds into your designated bank account ASAP.

o Reconfirm your full name and contact address, your daily telephone number and your bank account details for swift transfer payment £ 3.2Million GB pounds.
o Copy of your valid id for identification.

Upon the receipt of your consent to this email, we shall instruct you on the next line of action.

*Regards*
Mr. Shoomon Perry
Head of Foreign Operation
Halifax Bank Plc
(Phone) + 44 702 304-0805

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