419 scam: Peter James Wallace. <barrjpwallace@yahoo.com> Hello.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- barrwallace@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peter James Wallace. <barrjpwallace@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:28:55 +0900
Subject: Hello.

Hi friend.

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met before, but need not to worry as I am using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a business. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $8.5million immediately to your private account. Here in our Bank, Where my wife work as the chief accountant, The money has been lying dormant for 11 good years now without anybody coming for it claim.
I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer since you are both from the same country (the account owner) who died a long time with his supposed NEXT OF KIN since August 1997.

The Banking ethics here does not allow such money over stay more than 12 years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

Upon receipt of your reply indicating your interest in this transaction, Please send your reply to barrwallace@mail.com And I will send you full details on how the transfer will be executed.

Please keep this proposal as a top secret and include your contact number, Your address and a photo copy of your identity.

Best regards,

Barr. Peter James Wallace

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