419 scam: "Dr. Michael H. Richmond" TRANSFER OF $4,000.000.00 ON REF: BR/102/0005B/06

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Michael H. Richmond"
Reply-To: <dr.michaelrichmond@barid.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:50:54 +0100
Subject: TRANSFER OF $4,000.000.00 ON REF: BR/102/0005B/06

WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK TEXAS
Registered in. United States Of America
P.O. Box 7889 The Woodlands,
TX 77387-7889 USA

Our Ref: BR/102/0005B/90 Your Ref: ______________________________ __________________________

RE: TRANSFER OF $4,000.000.00 ON REF: BR/102/0005B/06

Attention please,

I am Dr. Michael H. Richmond, I am a new Board of Directors, am contacting you regarding the outstanding transfer due to our checking files, because the fund is available to transfer through our direct telegraphic wire transfer to your bank account.

Conclusion, we are here to serve all our customers better.

Your required to reconfirm the following information to avoid mistake.

Here is the information we need below.

THE NAME OF YOUR BANK WHERE YOU WANT THE FUND TO BE TRANSFERED.................
THE BANK ADDRESS................
YOUR ACCOUNT NAME.................
THE BANK PHONE NUMBER....................
YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER................
YOUR ROUTING NUMBER.........
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER............
THE BANK INTERNATIONAL CODE..........

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated

Dr. Michael H. Richmond Director, Foreign Remittance,
WOODFOREST BANK TEXAS

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