419 scam: "A. E. McCollins"<fbscnbn67743buk2223@ozu.es> Re: Inquiry to Release Your Overdue Payment

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- ",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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +447045746642 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "A. E. McCollins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbscnbn67743bsuk2223@ozu.es>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:45:14 +0100
Subject: Re: Inquiry to Release Your Overdue Payment

GREAT BRITAIN,UNITED KINGDOM
Office of the Prime Minister on Foreign payments
Tel # :+44 70457 46642

From the Desk of A. E. McCollins
Our Ref: UK/LON/OXD1/10
TELEX: GBUKLOND.
PAYMENT FILE: GBUK/LON/10

Re: Inquiry to Release Your Overdue Payment

This is to draw your attention that The Office of the Prime Minister and
the parliamentary council this last quarter has authorized us to effect
every outstanding payment without delay and the amount due to be
remitted in this first installment is $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million
Dollars) The only problem is that we detected lot of irregularities
associated with your transfer and we will appreciate if you answer the
following questions.These two gentlemen namely Mr. Herbert Dean and Mr.
Scone Anderson submitted an application letter that you authorized your
fund to be paid into their account of Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)
with Account number UBS- A943BDG99 with a report that you are now
incapacitated as a result of the ghastly motor accident you had some
months back.

After processing the application of these gentlemen which they made
known to us that they came from you, they succeeded in getting some
required documents in making sure that we process the transfer as
quickly as possible without any further delay. The delay in transferring
the funds is due to the request for a power of attorney authorizing them
to pursue this payment on your behalf. They asked us for a week so as to
submit the document, but up till now we have not received any of the
documents from any of you. Reconfirm to us if all these arrangement is
authorized by you.

If you Are not the one authorising these two gentle men, then send your
detailed information immediately as follows:

1:Beneficiary Name..................................
2:Beneficiary address..........................
3:Beneficiary Telephone No................................
4:Beneficiary Fax NO............................
5:Beneficiary Bank............................
6:Bank Address............................
7:Account N0.............................
8:Routing N0......................
9:Amount in Words.....................

Anticipating your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,

A. W. McCollins
Director Foreign Payments,
Office of the Prime Minister on Foreign payments
Tel # :+44 70457 46642

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