419 scam: "P.George & Co. Solicitors" <barrperkgeo343@sbcglobal.net> From The Executor of Late Alexander McQueens WILL0)very Fund UnitPŒë¸"

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- barrperkgeo343@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "P.George & Co. Solicitors" <barrperkgeo343@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: barrperkgeo343@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:17:08 -0500
Subject: From The Executor of Late Alexander McQueens WILL

Dear Friend

My name is Barr perkins George personal attorney to Alexander McQueen -
Designer Fashion Label who died on the 11th day of Feb. 2010.I have the
documents of a large amount of funds which he handed over to me before he died
made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Seven Million Great
British Pounds (GBP £7,000.000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament to
his WILL

Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in
the past
or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous friends
abroad who
wished you good and his friend was a gay as well due to the fact that McQueen
was a gay and claimed he realised his sexual orientation when he was six. He
told his family when he was 18.

Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (16 March 1969 ? 11 February 2010) was an English
fashion designer known for his unconventional designs and shock tactics.[3]
McQueen worked as the head designer at Givenchy for five years before founding
the Alexander McQueen and McQ labels. McQueen's dramatic designs, worn by
celebrities including Rihanna, Björk and Lady Gaga, met with critical acclaim
and earned him the British Designer of the Year award four times.

Late Alexander McQueen died on the 11th day of February, 2010 at the age of 40
years, According to him this money was supposed to be used in transporting and
getting the new store that was about to be opened in los angeles stocked with
his recent designers

You can read more about him from the sites below

(1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McQueen

Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, endeavour 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.

Yours in Service,

P.George & Co. Solicitors

Email: barrperkgeo343@gmail.com

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