419 scam: "BARR. CHUKWU" <chukwuikenga205@barid.com> MONEY TRANSFER

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "barr." (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.
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.
- chukwuikenga2015@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARR. CHUKWU" <chukwuikenga205@barid.com>
Reply-To: chukwuikenga2015@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:57:42 -0300
Subject: MONEY TRANSFER

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Attention:

I am writing you this email message about your Fund, the people you
are in contact with is not the real people in position to release your
Fund to you that is the reason it is impossible for you to received
your fund, it is a planned work with some of the officials but the
manager is not aware, after all the evil they did to you they go to
the bank manager trying to have him transfer the fund in a account
claiming that is your order but the manager refuse to accept the idea,
the manager said he want to talk to you before he can release the
fund, that is to make sure that you authorize the transfer to a
different account,

I have the original bank manager contact info and I want you to get in
touch with him for the transfer but before then you must not disclose
my info to anybody because this is top secret, am very sure that the
manager will be happy to speak with you because he want to make sure
that your fund is not transferred to some one / or probably wrong
information, and am sure that the account they submitted to the
manager on your behalf is not the bank account you gave to them, so
you really need to do something fast before Monday to avoid regret.

If only you will response back to me upon receipt of this email
notification and follow my instruction, I will personally direct you
to the appointed paying Bank were you will be paid instead of wasting
your hard earn money and time on these hoodlums, As it may interest
you to know all this money you have been sending would have completed
your payment transmission before now if you had contact the appointed
paying Bank.

Email me back only on this email {chukwuikenga2015@gmail.com}
for more information on how you will received your UN-paid Fund from
the appointed office.

Send your response to my office email (chukwuikenga2015@gmail.com)

I shall be expecting to read from you only if you needed my assistance
on this matter.

Regards,
Barr. Chukwu

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