419 scam: "Adam Barnes" <admin@us0b0000wrc.icewarpcloud.com> Mr Adam Barnes,

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (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 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.
- +447031967064 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- adambarnes196i@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Adam Barnes" <admin@us0b0000wrc.icewarpcloud.com>
Reply-To: <adambarnes196i@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 00:35:08 +0700
Subject: Mr Adam Barnes,

>From Mr Adam Barnes,Â
Phone:+44703 196 7064
E-mail:Â adambarnes196i@hotmail.com

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Please pay attention and understand my aim of e-mailing you today, my name is Adam Barnes, Private Banking Manager at NatWest Bank plc. London. I ask you consider this transaction with strict and utmost confidentiality. Being a top executive at NATWEST Bank, I discovered a numbered account with a credit balance of Â£27,900,000 .00 (Twenty Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds) that belongs to one of our foreign customers (George Williams) Deceased, an American who was a victim of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. With my position at the bank, I have all access, secret details and necessary contacts to claim these funds without any hitch. I only need your HELP as a foreigner to assume the beneficiary, because my position as a civil servant and a staff of the bank does not permit me or my relatives to make this claim. Therefore, I want you to stand as the â€œForeign
Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect transfer strategy that will be placed in your name legally, so that nobody will suspect your claims.Â Â

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For your assistance to achieve this greatness, you are entitled to 40% of the total sum GBPÂ£27,900,000 .00. Upon consideration of the offer, please provide me (Your full name, Contact address and your direct telephone/fax number) to enable me re-profile the fund to your name as the beneficiary and guide your contact with NatWest bank for the release and transfer of the fund to any bank account of your choice. Considering the volume of discretion required for success of this project, i ask your reply to my private email: Â adambarnes196i@hotmail.comÂ , feel free to callÂ me for clear explanations. Thanking you in anticipation of your immediate reply.

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Yours truly,

Â

Mr Adam Barnes,Â
Private Banking Manager
NatWest Bank Plc. London

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