419 scam: Barrister Clark Anderson <spam@mail.informperm.ru> Re

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Clark Anderson <spam@mail.informperm.ru>
Reply-To: guiderightcase@gmx.us
Date: Sun, 08 May 2016 18:11:16 +0600
Subject: Re

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YOUR LONG AWAITED SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION: $1.5 MILLION USD

>From The Desk Of Barrister Clark Anderson
Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit
No.12 Ibrahim Taiwo Street,
Aso Villa,Abuja, Nigeria.
2016 SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION UNIT

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Good day to you:

My name is Barrister Clark Anderson, I work with the Nigerian Financial
Intelligence Unit In the department of SCAM COMPENSATION FUND UNIT, I'm in
charge of Investigating through unpaid project, Inheritance funds, Lottery
and other means of payment that was denied the real beneficiary.

>From my record it shows that you have been denied payment and this was
supposed to be either your Inheritance fund, Lottery, IMF, Bank transfer,
Fund compensation etc, I forwarded your report to our Scam Victim
Investigation department to know why your transfer wasn't made to you, they
confirmed that the person who contacted you to make claims played a fast
one on you, there by deceiving you with all sort of fake stories, documents
and fees while he didn't have any genuine funds to transfer you.

With full hopes, I have demanded that a compensation should be made to you
immediately without delay for all the funds you have lost via Western Union
Money Transfer, Money Gram and other transfer means, the sum of $1.5
MILLION USD has been agreed to be issued to you as your scam victim
compensation through an Automated teller machine (ATM) and these funds is
coming from the Susquehanna Bank where all Compensation funds are lodged
for payments.

As soon as you respond to this e-mail with full hopes and trust with the
below information's required to begin preparation of your ATM card, I will
also send you a Confirmation document which certifies you as one of our
Scam victim client for the year 2015-2016, Please you are to handle that
document with perfect care because it would not be sent the second time,
You are also advised to print the document as it would be used as evidence
to our delivery man on the day your ATM card would be delivered to your
address.

The Delivery man would be accompanied by one of our staffs who's an
expert, she will direct you on how to use the ATM card, following our
procedures you are to take them to any bank near you where the ATM card
would be confirmed by any bank manager, this is done to clear our scam
victims on any doubt they may have to use their ATM card for swift
withdrawal process.

With this our new Financial Intelligence Unit ATM card meant specially for
our compensation clients, you can withdraw a maximum of $5,000.00 daily
from any ATM machine near you, Funds from the ATM card can also be
transferred to your account only when the ATM card has been received and
activated by you with your 3 digit secrete pin.

Please fill below, the required details for our records.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD DELIVERY
3. TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR DELIVERY NOTICE
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. MARITAL STATUS
7. SEX
8. YOUR NEXT OF KIN
9. A COPY OF YOUR ID

I will wait to hear from you so your information's can be passed where
your ATM card would be processed.

Best Regards,

Barrister Clark Anderson
Chief Information Technology Officer/
Assistant Secretary-General
United Nations

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