419 scam: "P.George & Co. Solicitors" <info@george.com> Dear Friend

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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:

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.
- baristerbaristerbarister@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "P.George & Co. Solicitors" <info@george.com>
Reply-To: vadimpetrov16@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:31:39 -0900 (HADT)
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend
Mr name 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 aswell 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 Febuary 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://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:BX-MADPIiqYJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McQueen+who+is+the+personal+secretary+to+alexander+mcqeen&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl

=uk

(2)http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:jJVCPewAea8J:online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703382904575059854260457206.html+the+name+of+the+legal+adviser+to+ale

xander+mcqueen&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

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
Reply to my private email id : baristerbaristerbarister@gmail.com

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