419 scam: Charles Russell <info@crussel.org> LATE SIR. JOHN PAUL GETTY'S WILL

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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:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- barrcharlesrussell2010@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Charles Russell <info@crussel.org>
Reply-To: barr.charlesrussell01@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 08:14:59 +0100
Subject: LATE SIR. JOHN PAUL GETTY'S WILL

Greetings from Charles Russell LLP,

On behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the late British Philanthropist,
Sir John Paul Getty Jr., I wish to notify you once again that the late Sir
John Paul Getty Jr. made you one of the beneficiaries to his (WILL), he
bequeathed the sum of Nine Million Seven Hundred and Eight Thousand Six
Hundred and Ninety Two Great British Pounds Sterling Only (GBP£9,708,692.00)
to you in the codicil and last testament to his (WILL) which is eleven (11%)
of his total funds of GBP£88,260,443.00 (Eighty Eight Million Two Hundred and
Sixty Thousand Four Hundred and Forty Three Great British Pounds Sterling.

This may sound very strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.
Being a widely popular traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in
the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends
here or abroad who wished you well. Sir J. Paul Getty Jr., the reclusive
American-born philanthropist was the third son of the first American oil
billionaire, billionaire American oilman Jean Paul Getty.

According to him this money is to support religious and humanitarian
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I
reach you as I am hopeful, 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.

Get back to me via my personal email address:
barrcharlesrussell2010@hotmail.com

I look forward hearing from you soon.

Yours in services,
Barr. Charles Russell

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