419 scam: "DEAN HARRY"<info@deanharry.com> NOTIFICATION FOR YOUR INHERITANCE !!!

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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:
- "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)
- "chambers" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "DEAN HARRY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bar_deanharry23@9.cn>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:33:02 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION FOR YOUR INHERITANCE !!!

Barristers' Chambers:
DEAN HARRY & ASSOCIATES
EMAIL:bar_deanharry23@9.cn
Address: 33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England
PARTNER MANAGING
DEAN HARRY & ASSOCIATES
LONDON - UK.

Attention:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Ng Teng Fong. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Ng Teng Fong made you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of(USD$21, 100,000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL. Late Ng Teng Fong died on the 23rd of Jan. 2008 and his WILL is now ready for execution after 2 years of thorough investigation of the whereabouts of all his beneficiaries.

According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you as I hope, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job.
I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

I await your prompt response and please keep this very discrete and to yourself until the transfer of the funds to you is finalized.

Yours in Service,

Dean Harry Esq.
Principal Partner.
Partners: Aidan Walsh Esq. Markus Wolfgang, John Marvey Esq. Jerry Smith Esq.

Email: bar_deanharry23@9.cn

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