419 scam: "Mr. Grant Kings"<grantlawoffice@gmail.com> Good day and Compliments

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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:
- "barrister" (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: "Mr. Grant Kings" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrgrantkings@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:52:18 +0200
Subject: Good day and Compliments

From, Barrister Grant Kings United Kingdom London I am Barrister Grant kings,my client a contractor made a deposit for 12 months, I discovered, my client died without making a WILL Consequently, my proposal is I want to front you as his Next of kin from my client family, if this transaction interest you kindly let me know so that I will link you to Bank where the funds is deposited for urgent transfer because they Bank have mandated me to bring the family Kin or they will confiscate the funds and send to British Government account also Please kindly furnish me the following information’s below. [1] NAME:..................................... [2] CONTACT ADD:.............................. [3] AGE: ................SEX:.................... [4] TEL................... FAX:.................. [6] OCCUPATION STATUS: .......................... [7] COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.........COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE......... Regards Yours Faithfully. Barrister Grant Kings

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