419 scam: "Barrie Parsons"<hann_gadd@prokonto.pl> [spam?] Project consideration

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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:
- "million british pounds" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrie Parsons" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hann-gadd@prokonto.pl>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:29:47 -0800
Subject: [spam?] Project consideration

Compliment of the day.

I have a very lucrative project proposal for you. I work with Unique Trust Bank in London, where a client Mr. Albert J. Stanley made a deposit. Mr. Albert Jack Stanley, the former KBR Inc. Chief Executive Officer , was imprisoned for his involvement in bribery scandal. For more details kindly visit the news link below,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-23/ex-kbr-ceo-albert-stanley-gets-30-month-prison-term-in-nigeria-bribe-case.html

Mr. Albert Stanley has requested the transfer of his funds in our bank to a safe place, pending his release. Your role will be as written below,
[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
[3]. Invest/Manage the funds in your country or outside the country.

I am contacting you to receive the fund valued at Twelve Million British Pounds with our bank. This is very simple, as soon as I get your full consent to participate in this project, I am going to give you the account username and password to confirm the availability of the funds through our bank's website, and as soon as this is confirmed, we are going to sign a memorandum of understanding before you can start transferring the money from his online account to your own personal bank account anywhere around the globe. Please note that the project is legal and free from any risk. If interested, you are going to receive thirty percent of the total sum as your commission , while the remaining seventy percent would go straight into any profitable business under your care.

I have in my possession the fund deposit certificate, a prepared Memorandum of Understand and the online account user access attached to his account. For us to proceed, I would like to know your full name, address, age, and occupation, this is to enable me prepare the memorandum of understanding, send across to you to peruse, and sign. Do not hesitate to contact me for further clarification.

Regards,

Barrie Parsons

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