419 scam: "barclays bank london plc"<barclaysbank@yahoo.co.uk> DID YOU PERMIT MR.COLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS AS YOUR NEXT OF KIN?

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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:
- "million dollars" (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.
- +447045713558 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "barclays bank london plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barclaysbanlondonplc@w.cn>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:42:56 +0100
Subject: DID YOU PERMIT MR.COLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS AS YOUR NEXT OF KIN?

JOHN EATON(Chief Operating officer)
BARCLAY'S BANK LONDON PLC,
TEL:+44-704-571-3558
FAX:+44-844-774-1459

Attention; Funds Recipients

RE:DID YOU PERMIT MR. COLE WANDA TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND AS YOUR NEXT OF KIN?

This is to formally bring to your notification that your funds of which a partial payment of 8 million dollars was approved for payment to you out of your total funds to you the last quarter of this year .

However, we are faced with some discrepancies in your file because one Mr. Cole Wanda called of yesterday that he is your new next of kin that you instructed him to receive the fund on your favor that you are totally sick and you can not work or answer any calls.

However,we were so confused and that is why the authority has instructed me to contact you for us to know if he is telling us the truth or not.

He even forwarded this bank details to us.

Bank Name: Credit Union Na
Account Name: Mr. Cole Wanda.
Account number: 908374912
Swift code: cwd1u

After he provided this account to us,he instructed us not to inform you and we should transfer the fund into his account directly because he is your next of kin.

Please kindly check this bellow account and this name and tell us if you know have passed this order to him and for you to informed us as well,if we should go ahead and transfer the fund into his account or not.

We await to hearing from you soon ,otherwise we may be forced to yield to his request if you fail to revert back to this office within TWO days of your receipt of this mail massive.

Sincerely,
JOHN EATON(Chief Operating officer)
Barclay's Bank

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