419 scam: "Mrs. Claude Betty" <clabtty@aol.com> You have to contact Royal Express Bank

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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:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +447035976430 (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.
- rybklondonuk011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Claude Betty" <clabtty@aol.com>
Reply-To: rybklondonuk011@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:03:56 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: You have to contact Royal Express Bank

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have
never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to
chose you amongst the numerous people in the world, precisely I cannot
say why I have chosen you
but I know I am making the right choice.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography,
I am Claude Betty, 89 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Claude
Noceto who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998
GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see
site below for more information.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several
charity homes and to some of the less privilege in different countries.
Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the
deprived, we also agreed to render support to an individual we have not
meet before in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we
receive an anonymous help from an
individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know till
date,the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know
me because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I
have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the
beneficiary of our last WILL(which is a sum of money deposited in
(Royal Express bank London UK) hence I need you to do me a favor by
accepting our offer.

We have some fund in the sum of £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand
British Pounds) with Royal Express bank London UK; I have not made any
transaction with my account for over the last one year because of my
illness and other charity work. Right now I want to give you the said
sum for you to help the less privileged in your country and for your
own personal use.

I also deposited £5.000.00 pounds sterling to western union outlet on
your behalf. The information is with Royal Express bank London UK if
you contact them they will guide you on how you can contact the
western union outlet for your payment. The reason why i deposited this
£5.000.00 separately is in order to settle all the tax and charges
which may come up due to your country taxation law.

Note: after receiving the said £5.000.00 from the western union you
can proceed to claim the inheritance sum of: £800,000.00 (Eight
Hundred Thousand British Pounds).

You have to contact Royal Express bank London UK with this information below

Contact Person: Dr. John Kerry
Email Address: rybklondonuk011@gmail.com
Tel…… +44 70359 76430
Fax:……….. + 44 8704952245

When contacting the bank, please state that I sent you to contact them as
my Next of Kin and send them your information like.

Full Names:
Postal address;
Direct telephone number;
Age:
Occupation:
Gender:
Country:

When contacting them, also include this code number: (/44/0433/F/hh/)
this code is the security code of my account
, you are to also present it to them for verification. Please, try to
contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay.

Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing
the internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my
ranch, at this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and
other luxuries, all further correspondence should be forwarded to the
Bank for the transfer of the fund to you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Claude Betty

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