419 scam: "Clement Rollie & Co" <rollieclement@live.com> SUBJECT MATTER

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "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)
- "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.
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.
- +447024071689 (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.
- rollieclement@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Clement Rollie & Co" <rollieclement@live.com>
Reply-To: rollieclement@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:43:58 +0800 (SE Asia Standard Time)
Subject: SUBJECT MATTER

Clement Rollie & Co
Email: rollieclement@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +44-702-407-1689

Dear Sir/Madam,

This email must come to you as a surprise, but I believe that it takes
just a day for people to meet and become great friends and business
partners. This is a personal and private letter directed to you and I
request that it be treated as such.

My name is Clement Rollie, a retired Barrister. I was the personal
Attorney /sole executor to the late Eng. Wayne Larson, who was originally
from the United States of America and hereafter referred to as 'My late
Client'. He was an oil magnate here in The United Kingdom but died in a
car crash along with his immediate family on the 4th of Oct 2003. Since
his death, I have tried locating his extended relatives whom shall be
claimant / beneficiary of his abandoned monetary deposit and all such
efforts have been to no avail. I also tried going through the Embassy of
Iceland here in London, and that also hit a brick wall.

A week ago, I received a letter suggesting a proceeding for confiscation
of this fund in line with existing laws by the bank in which he had a
fixed deposit in the sum of Â£10,800,000.00 GBP (Ten Million, Eight
Hundred Thousand British Pounds) if a Next of Kin does not show up to
claim the fund by the end of this year. On this note I decided to search
for a credible and trustworthy Person to act as his Next of Kin.

I am therefore contacting you that you may file an application with the
"Trustee" Bank in the capacity as an extended Family member so as to
enable you put up claim for this deposit. Do note that I will be there to
guide you every step of the way. I propose that 40% of the total fund will
accrue to you at the conclusion of this deal, while I retain the balance 60%.

To facilitate the process of immediate transfer of this fund to your
designated bank account, you need firstly signify your interest by
contacting me via e-mail, and then I will appraise you with complete
details as soon as I obtain your confidence. Rest assured that this
proposal is hitch-free and you need not entertain any fears as all
procedures will be within the confines of the law. Also note that
successful transfer of the Fund to your nominated account can be achieved
within 14 Banking days of signifying your interest. Like I said, I require
only a solemn confidentiality on this.

Please, include your Private and confidential Phone number (preferably
Mobile) in your reply.

SPECIAL NOTE: FORWARD YOUR RESPONSE TO:
rollieclement@yahoo.com.hk

Best regards,
Clement Rollie

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