419 scam: "Mr and Mrs Bayford" <selecao.recrutamento@literatus.edu.br> Good day,

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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 pounds" (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)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "allainceleicesterb@foxmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mr.bayford@qq.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:43:37 -0500
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

I am Adrian Bayford, I and my wife were Recent winners of the euro million
lottery of 148.6 GBP, and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 2
Million pounds

( 2,000,000.00GBP) to you. We have decided to use you as an aid of
development in your respectful environments and we urge you that 10
percent of this donation should go to the orphanage and the less privilege.

And also you are advise to develop educational center to enhance education
in your environments and
by doing this me and my wife could meet our goal for GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT.
You are to contact
Alliance Leicester Bank United Kingdom with the details below for further
processing of your donation amount to your account in your country.

Visit the web pages below for more information.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187999/Will-148m-EuroMillions-jackpot-winner-share-fortune-long-lost-half-brother-met.html
I have therefore included a Donation Code Number to this message
[Bayford/231/2012ACG4] which should be kept strictly confidential as you
will use it in receiving your donation.

You are to contact the management of ALLIANCE LEICESTER BANK
PLC, UNITED KINGDOM with the code immediately as they have been authorized
by me and my wife to wire the funds to you after you must have opened an
account with them and
concluded all process associated with the wire transfer process.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Customer Services Department.
Mr. Fred Powell
Address: #Aldermanbury Square,
London,EC2V Town Hall, 7SB, Hendon
London United Kingdom.
Bank E-mail: allainceleicesterb@foxmail.com

Best of luck,
Mr and Mrs Bayford

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