419 scam: "Mr. John Baines" <mural@petqueroquero.com.br> Urgent Business Request

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- johnbainesbk@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Baines" <mural@petqueroquero.com.br>
Reply-To: "Mr. John Baines" <johnbainesbk@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:53:08 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Urgent Business Request

Dear Sir/Madam

Greetings! Although I do not know you in person, I have received your contact via business search on yellow page. I am Mr. John Baines the Finance Officer in Co-operative Bank London. I am the financial adviser to one of our foreign late customer who has a fixed deposit in my bank.

I am contacting whosoever capable in your country to receive the unclaimed fund belonging to the late customer who is from your continent. The late customer was much closed to me, and has a fixed deposit of Â£10,500,000:00 GBP (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pound) under my custody. My reason of contacting any capable person in your continent is to stand as the Next â€“ Of -Kin to receive the fund.

As the fund is under my care, I will use my position to credit the fund to any capable personâ€˜s account aside Britain as the Next Of -Kin to the Late customer. Be informed as soon as l credits the fund to you we will share it as a (deal fund), 40% to you and 40% to me. While the 20% will be donated to the orphanage home in your country.

Please your urgent respond to this letter through my private email (johnbainesbk@aol.com) will be appreciated.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. John Baines
Financial Officer at Co-operative Bank UK
Email: johnbainesbk@aol.com
http://www.cooperativebank.co.uk

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