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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: "Barr- Charles Calvert" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charles.callvert@longhorns.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:08:37 +0800
Subject: Re: Advocate: Charles Calvert Attorney-at-Law

Attention.

Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by my law firm, Charles Calvert Law Chambers in England; My name is Barrister Charles Calvert (esq.).A personal attorney to my late client Mr.Kizito C. Brown who worked with an oil firm, Mr.Kizito C.Brown a well known Philanthropist who died along with his entire family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50p.m. ET as reported on: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html before He died; he made a Will in my law firm stating that $ 4,200,000.00 in words (Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollar. Only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice outside (Overseas.) My chambers conducted a random draw which was supervised by the Ministry of justice, The attorney General of Great Britain the United Kingdom and The Financial Firm where the money was deposited by my late client Mr.Kizito C. Brown, and your e-mail address was picked as the benefi!
ciary to this (WILL). I am particu

If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

Barrister-Charles Calvert
Email: charles.callvert@gmail.com
15 New Bridge Street London. EC4V 6AU. DX 162 Chancery Lane
Telephone 44-7035979312 Facsimile 44-7005938692
* Property & Private Client *

Chambers of the Year finalist - The Lawyer Awards 2009
This e-mail and any attachments that it may contain are intended for the use of the addressee only and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not open the attachments nor copy or disseminate the information contained in them or in this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender at once and delete the e-mail and its attachments.

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