419 scam: HOME CHAMBERS <home.chambers@btinternet.com> Dear Heard

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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:
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447035978683 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: HOME CHAMBERS <home.chambers@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: homechambers@excite.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 02:24:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Heard

Home Chambers
The Barn House,
38 Meadow Way
Eastcote
Ruislip
HA4 8TB
London-UK
Tel:+447035978683

Dear Heard,
I am David Homes,an attorney and solicitor with Home Chambers.
Please be patient and absorb the contents of this email
which I believe is a message that will be beneficial to the
both of us.
I am the legal representative to Late Joseph Heard, who herein after shall be referred to as my late client.
Who died in March 2008 as a result of cancer in a Sheffield hospital.Until his death he was
a contractor with Shell Petroleum.
Basically, my aim of writing you is to assist me secure the
funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where this fund valued at
7.5 Million GBP was deposited.
I have a mandate from the bank to present the next of kin to
the deceased or the funds will be confiscated and so far,all
my efforts to get hold of someone related to this man has
proved abortive.
I want you to consider this proposal. If you grant your
consent that I present you to the bank as the next-of-kin
and beneficiary of my deceased client ,so that the proceeds
of this account can be transferred to you, then we can share
the entire proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage.
All legal documentation to back up your claim as my deceased
client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.
This entire process will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
However,if this business proposition offends your moral
values, do accept my apology. Please contact me at once to
indicate your interest.
Best Regards,
David Homes(ESQ).

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