419 scam: "Barclays Bank"<bankmail@barclaysbank.co.uk> Your compensation cho

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- +447024034135 (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.
- officialmail2011@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barclays Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officialmail2011@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:31:54 -0800
Subject: Your compensation cho

Barclays Bank London UK
>From the desk of: Mr. Barrett Johnson
Tel: +447024034135
Fax: +447024010359

RE: payment on compensation fund OF US$1.5M.

I am Mr. Barrett Johnson, the director of swift transfer unit of Barclays bank London UK.
This is to notify you that you’re compensation fund of (US$1.500.000) one million five hundred thousand us. Dollars only has been approved for transfer. we are mandated to transfer your total sum of $1.500 000.00, via electronic telephone banking transfer system by the Paris club, United Nation(UN), European union and international monetary fund (IMF).

However the money was awarded to you as a compensation fund by the Paris club, United Nation (UN) and European Union and International Monetary fund (IMF) in conjunction with USA government. As the result of your email address been reported as one of the scammed victims by Nigerian's.
What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example; your international passport or you’re driver’s license, then your telephone and fax number for easy communication with your receiving bank account details.

As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting you, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance.Contact me on our official email: officialmail2011@yahoo.co.jp expecting you’re immediately response.

For your information we are paying you for now US$1.5M.

Your urgent response is imperative.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Barrett Johnson
Barclays Bank London UK

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