419 scam: "Woodford Solicitors" <tskchambers@yahoo.com.hk> INTRODUCTION LETTER

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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!

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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:
- "million us 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)
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.
- berry.rajan@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Woodford Solicitors" <tskchambers@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: tskchamber@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:10:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: INTRODUCTION LETTER

INTRODUCTION LETTER
WOODFORDS SOLICITORS
70-72 PARSONS GREEN LANE
EMAIL:: berry.rajan@yahoo.com.hk

I am writing you this mail with the purpose that we go into partnership. I
am a solicitor to Mr. Bezion Dunner a philanthropist who passed on last
year with a sum valued 39.9 Million USA dollars out of the records of his
written will. I have all the powers/privileges as his solicitor and do
want to file the legal documents for the release of the money to you as
the next of kin.

I wish to state that my reason for contacting you though we have not met
is because I have been in the legal industry as such has no business
experience nor managing charity home .Besides with the brief profile of
yours in the internet, I feel that you will be capable to handle this
project of great trust and benefit for the two of us. Therefore, I will
rely on you to assist me in the charity home and possibly in investing my
share in real estate. Out rightly, the money involved is quite a huge sum
as you know .I do propose that we use 20% for charity work, then 80%
should be shared on the percentage to be agreed between you and I.I am of
the suggestion that we have the 80% divided equally between the two of us,
that is: you will have 15.84 million US dollars while I will have 15.84
million US Dollars.

The source of the money, I had stated this in afore that a deceased client
of mine Mr. Benzion Dunner had proposed that the money be used for
charity, unfortunately, before he died we did not make a written statement
to this effect in the will. You can read about Mr. Benzion Dunner:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/o
pinion/2008/04/01/do0104.xml

In your reply Please include:
1. Your full names
2. telephone+ mobile phone
3. Address
4. Age
5. Marital status
6. Occupation

With this information I will file the preliminary claim and estate
execution order so that we can start the legal process I will commence the
probate documentation immediately I receive your details. Please send the
above information with to EMAIL:: berry.rajan@yahoo.com.hk

Thanks

Yours sincerely
Rajan R. Berry

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