419 scam: "Mr. Edward Smith"<barrvals1@hotmail.com> Reply.

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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:
- ",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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Edward Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dredwardsmith202@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:32:53 -0400
Subject: Reply.

Attention Please!

Congratulations,

I hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you, your over due Award Winning/Inheritance fund which you could not complete the process of the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitized Payment System. They have decided to pay your funds without any requested fee but through (Telegraphic Wire Transfer) This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank, Chase Bank, Federal Reserve Bank, United Nation and Paris Club, due to fraudulent activities going on within the world.

This arrangement can only be paid via offshore Chase Bank, You are advice to provide an account with Chase Bank or Open a new account Chase Bank where you want the sum $5,500,000.00 to be transferred into please reconfirm details information's as follows:

Full Name:....................

Your direct phone number:...............

Bank Name:..................

Bank Address:...............

Account Name:...............

Account Number:.............

Routing Number:.............

I await your urgent response so that I can submit your information to the bank for them to start processing the funds for transfer which will be credited within 48 hours.

Yours Sincerely.

Barrister Edward Smith.

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