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Spam of the Day 2/29/2012: Barclays Bank 419

Spam of the Day 2/29/2012: Barclays Bank 419

I received this familiar junk mail in my inbox today. It’s the typical 419 scam with Barclays Bank wanting to give me 10 million dollars.

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The return email address is [email protected] with the name “BARCLAYS BANK PLC LONDON.” The body of the email reads:

Barclays Bank Plc-Foreign Operations Dept;
1 Churchill Place, London,
E14 5HP, United Kingdom,
Fax:+4470-3198-5649
============================================
Dear Honorable Beneficiary,

We wish to inform you that the board of trustees and management of Barclay’s Bank International Plc London has finalized and have being given an Immediate transfer approval order by the British Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the United Nations and Executive committee members of Bank of England, and the mandate other we received from the British Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron, to transfer your overdue Inheritance fund to you, the approved sum of US$ 10.700,000,00 ( Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) also be informed that we are prepared to give you the best of services in this Honorable Bank with a gua
(1) By Bank to Bank Wire Transfer
(3) By Online bank transfer ( which you can transfer by your self )
(2) By Atm Card
The management & board of trustees of this bank wish you to fill out the transfer form with your contact details and your direct phone number also with your banking information for the immediate processing of the legal document that will enable us carry out the transfer of your fund successfully to your nominated bank account or your contact address without any further delay.
We are waiting your immediate response with your information to enable this bank proceeds immediately with the transfer of your fund and serve you better.
Thanks
Signed,
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Robert Brown,
Remittance Director.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC LONDON
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Obviously this is just your run-of-the-mill 419 scam. Apparently these people are banking on the old saying that there is a sucker born every minute. As old and well-known as these scams are, people still fall for them.

What’s rather humorous about this email is that it doesn’t even include the form to be filled out. So I wrote back from a completely different email address, asking “how do i be getting my money?” and as of yet have had no response. If I ever get a response, I’ll post it here.

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