419 scam: "MR JAMES DOUGLAS EDWARD"<jamesedwardandyou2015@gmail.com> 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:

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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR JAMES DOUGLAS EDWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjamesedwardandyou@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 00:48:19 -0700
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary ........

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
BARCLAYS BANK PLC.LONDON
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
1 Church Hill Place,
London, London,
E13 5BH LONDON
MR JAMES DOUGLAS EDWARD

Attention: Beneficiary

I am writing on behalf of the International Remittance Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria regarding your contract/inheritance
payment which has been approved for payment .

Your part payment of $15,500,000.00 (fifteen Million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only has been approved for payment by BARCLAYS BANK PLC.LONDON

We tried to make transfer to your account yesterday as your name was listed 3rd on the payment schedule only to find out that the account details have been changed. A lady by name Mrs. Laura Burke came to the BARCLAYS BANK PLC.LONDON with a lawyer applying for a change of beneficiary to her name on the same payment. She said that you have instructed her to receive the $15.5M on your behalf as your partner.

We are writing to inform you that we cannot make the transfer to her account until you have confirmed that you know her also that we should go ahead and transfer the above stated amount to her account.

The below stated account was forwarded to us by Mrs. Laura Burke of
California USA.

WACHOVIA BANK LOS ANGELES
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 9887-676900
ACCOUNT NAME: LGMC LLC

We need you to reconfirm that you sent her also that we should go ahead and transfer the above amount to her account immediately other wise, you are required to reconfirm the following to us immediately for us to process and transfer your contract sum of $15.5M being payment for contract you executed in Nigeria.

Forward as a matter of urgency the following:

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS, ROUTING NUMBERS ETC.

Upon receipt of the above by you, we shall proceed immediately to process your transfer and wire the above amount to your account
immediately. If we do not hear from you till the next 48 hours, we shall go ahead and transfer the funds to Mrs. Laura Burke’s account.

We sincerely apologize for the inconveniences the delay in transferring your payment may have caused you and we wish to ask that you work with us to finalize this payment before the next 48 hours.

Transfer documents will be sent to you upon confirmation of your
email with your details.

Thanking you for letting us serves you better.

Yours faithfully,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC.LONDON
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
1 Church Hill Place,
London, London,
E13 5BH LONDON
MR JAMES DOUGLAS EDWARD

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