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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:
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- chairman.barclayspensions@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- from you. kevin abbott chairman e-mail:chairman.barclayspensions@hotmail.com, b.pensions@consultant.com, (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Abbott Kevin <kevin.ghfd@msn.com>
Reply-To: <chairman.barclayspensions@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 01:26:21 +0000
Subject: Information
Dear Sir,
I'm the Chairman Barclays Pensions Administration (BPA). Management Appointed Directors in Jan.2012 and a Director since
2008. https://www.barclayspensions.co.uk/afterwork/non_member/whos_who/trustee_directors.
I have a confidential Pension Money belonging to dead individuals in my bank which I have diverted and saved for the past 4
years as a Director and I'm the only person privy of the information.
Since I'm the only person that knows about the existence of these funds here in my bank, I therefore contact you on trust so
that we can use my position and good office here as the Chairman and then claim this funds in your name as the legal
beneficiary.
I have all the documents to support this claim in your name.
Please get back to me if you are ready to do real and confidential business with me.
Thanks
Let me hear from you.
Kevin Abbott
Chairman
E-mail:chairman.barclayspensions@hotmail.com,
b.pensions@consultant.com,
https://www.barclayspensions.co.uk
Barclays Pensions Administration
1 Wimborne Road
Poole BH15 2BB
UK
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