419 scam: "Mr. Lamin Barkings"< gaofeng@daeyeong.cn> HELLO.........................

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- laminbark@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Lamin Barkings" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <laminbark@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:40:02 +0100
Subject: HELLO.........................

Hello,

This mail comes to you with so much tears, sorrow, mourning and grief. My client young daughter (Lina) who will be 16 years old this year December, 2017 her father, a business mogul, a government contractor and investor a citizen of Korea lives in Saletta, Italy and was unfortunate to be among the over 250 people killed in the Earthquake that happened in Italy Wednesday August 24, 2016.

The teenage daughter whose late mother dead of cancer is the heir to his father bequeathed USD$12,000,000.00 and too young to manage this huge fund effectively. The little girl faced with the fear of uncertainty for the future consulted me to seek your support to receive this fund on her behalf, to present you before the bank with legal documents to receive this fund and invest the fund judiciously into a lucrative ventures. For your assistant in receiving this fund in your account you will be compensated with 40% of the total USD$12M.

Consider the sad tragedy, anguish and sorrow the innocent teenage girl is presently and give her helping hands to receive this fund and help to create a future to have confident in by contacting me for more details via E-mail: laminbark@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Mr. Lamin Barkings

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