419 scam: "Joshua Abel"<info@bartell.com> OVERDUE PAYMENT!

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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: "Joshua Abel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joshua.abel@berlin.de>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:44:55 -0700
Subject: OVERDUE PAYMENT!

Attention:

We are private debt reconciliation consultant and have been retained
by the Bank of England to help reconcile all outstanding payments.
They include, contract payments, inheritance/probate claim, investment,
lotto pay out, etc.

In the course of our evaluation we received an urgent notice from one
Mr. Jeffrey Howard of Canada instructing that we
forward your payment to a new bank account in which he is the
beneficiary. For our verification, kindly email us a letter of
authorization given to Mr. Jeffrey Howard to receive your payment on your
behalf.

Note, your earlier payment approvals have been placed on hold until we
receive an acknowledgement of this email from you.

Your sincerely,

Joshua Abel

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