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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "kelvin williams" <barr_kelvin60@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kelvinwills06@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:48:50 -0800
Subject: We would welcome any comments.

International Family Chambers

Solicitor, Advocate and Notary Public

Office: 10 snow hill, London

EC1A, 2A1,England 96 DX London, City.

 

The management of The (International Family Legal Chambers) London congratulates you whole heartily on your nomination through a random selection of email addresses to utilize this prospect of benevolent offer in Charity Trust Services amounting to US$12.3M. To this effect, the core initiative of Late Philanthropist Mr.Robert Garry, of whom this fund originated from is to appreciate mankind all over different continent of the world to show his appetite in the emancipation and love of people as represented in his earthly philanthropic activity during his time.

 

As professional firm who are saddled with fiduciary duties to our clients. We try as much as possible to uphold the already laid down principle of law as regards the legitimate procedures necessary in administering a testamentary certificate, Legacies and Codicils granted in the will mandate of late philanthropist Mr. Robert Garry. Thus such principles are enshrined in the Unwritten Constitution of the Great United Kingdom in such Act as reference in;

 

1. Company and Allied Act of 1806 as amended in 1990.

2. Section 39(b) of the Executorships Law of the United Kingdom.

3. Her Majesty Declaration of 1914 on Family Inheritance

4. Margate Carter Act of 1800, as reviewed and amended in 1900, 1945, and 1990.

5. International Court of Justice Declaration on Human Right, Privileged and Natural benefits.

 

Note importantly that as soon as we receive a confirmatory message from you, we hope to reach you with more comprehensive explanation, directives and instructions, convincingly on the legitimacy of our dealings , for this reason we kindly request you to provide to us any means of communication viz; Direct Phone and Fax Line you consider most favorable and well-situated to you with the exact time you consider most appropriate as that will afford you an ample time to seek an answer to every other necessary question and legal procedures you are not conversant with, as constant communicate create a more confident connections and relationship between us and our client as they will be provided with great opportunity to air their views to us on how best they consider more tenable in rendering our services to them.

 

Our service level for responding to e-mails and correspondence is 24hrs. Requests that involve research into our records to trace an individual solicitor, a firm or documents such as wills and deeds may take us up to 5days to complete. We are always looking at ways in which we can improve our service and would welcome any comments.

 

For testimony whereof, I hereby give you this information.

 

Barr Kelvin Williams

Tel: (44)7011133445

Fax: (44)7092883100

E-mail: kelvinwills06@yahoo.co.uk

 



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