419 scam: "Mr,Barkuled Avex" <mrbarkuledavex@gmail.com> GREETINGS TO YOU ALL,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
- mrbarkuledavex@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr,Barkuled Avex" <mrbarkuledavex@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:08:14 +0000
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU ALL,

HELLO DEAR FRIEND,
My Name is MR,BARKULED AVEX the Chief Operating Officer of (B.O.A) Bank of
Africa and I am in need of a reliable foreigner to carry out this important
deal.

An account was opened in my bank by one of my customers in the name of
Mr.Thomas Bahia a Dutch National from Germany who made a fixed
deposit of $17,800,000.00 ( Seventeen Million, Eight hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) and never show up again and I later discovered
that he died with his entire family members on a plane crash that
occurred in Libya on the 12th of May 2010 and below is a link for your
view..

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

Now I want to present a foreigner as next of kin to late Thomas so we
can make the claim and you can contact me if you are interested so I
can give you more detailed information about this transaction. For the
sharing of the money will be shared in the ratio of 50% for me, 40%
for you and 10% to cover our expenses after the deal.

Now the total amount to be transferred is $18.500.000.00 [ Eighteen Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars] because of the interest the
fund
has accumulated since 2010.

Please keep this absolutely confidential weather interested or not.

Thanks.
Your's sincerely
MR,BARKULED AVEX
contact me for more details if you are interested through my email address:
(mrbarkuledavex@gmail.com)

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