419 scam: "Mr. Rodolfo Stephen Palacios"<no-reply@onebookshelf.com> Urgent Attention: Beneficiary,

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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.
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.
- rodolfopalacios111@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Rodolfo Stephen Palacios" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rodolfopalacios111@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:36:17 -0700
Subject: Urgent Attention: Beneficiary,

I write to inform you that after the Board Meeting today,the Board has agreed to give you the opportunity of transferring

your fund by yourself through our tele-banking system due to the irregularities going on in your payment file.

But before we can go ahead in programming your fund for the transfer and give you the necessary guidelines to make the

transfer by yourself, we would like to ascertain if you did instruct Mr. Keith Carr (your business associate) to receive

your fund on your behalf with this below stated bank account.

Barclays Bank PLC

Account No: 80527416

Account Name: Keith Carr Performance Management Limited

Swift Code: BARCGB22

IBAN: GB80 BARC 2071 0380 5274 16

Please do confirm to us immediately before we start the programming as to avoid any misdirection of funds.

Thanks for your understanding and anticipated co-operation.

Best Regards,

Mr. Rodolfo Stephen Palacios

Head, Business Banking Dept.

Fifth Third Bank

E-MAIL: rodolfopalacios111@gmail.com

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