419 scam: rdbarccoltd_uklondon@live.com RE:DID YOU AUTHORIZE MR DAVID HAYES TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?/URGENT!

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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.
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.
- +447031921185 (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.
- petersands.standardcbank@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rdbarccoltd_uklondon@live.com
Reply-To: petersands.standardchartbank@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:38:57 -0700
Subject: RE:DID YOU AUTHORIZE MR DAVID HAYES TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?/URGENT!

DATE: 06/24/2015
MY DEAR
RE: CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP REQUEST FOR YOUR PAYMENT!
How is your health today?
Reference to the Official letter received on 23rd June 2015 from one MR DAVID HAYES in which he has informed us about your ill health and you are still in the hospital, he has actually requested us to effect change of ownership of your long outstanding payment to his name.
We did ask MR HAYES to provide us with the LETTER OF AUTHORITY from you as evidence that you have authorized him to receive the funds on your behalf which he has not done so, it is in this regards that I personally decided to write to you to verify if his claims were right or wrong because of my previous experiences in maters of this nature, therefore, you need to confirm the following information to us as soon as possible, thus:
(a) If you are sick and in the Hospital as claimed by MR HAYES.
(b) If you have actually given him the mandate to receive the fund on your behalf.
(c) What is your relationship with MR DAVID HAYES?
It is very important that you should reply to this mail urgently as further silence on the matter will be clear evidence that you are in agreement with his request, in this respect, for faster and urgent attention to your matter, do mail directly to my personal E-mail addresses and telephone numbers as stated below.
Thanks and best regards,
MR PETER SANDS
(HEAD OF FINANCIAL CONTROL)
1 ALDERMANBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC2V 7SB
INTL BANKING SECTION, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, LONDON (UK)
TEL NO: + 44-703-192-1185
ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL: petersands.standardcbank@accountant.com

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