419 scam: "Frank Paul" <support@firstgiving.com> Fund Transfer

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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:
- "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million dollars" (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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barr." (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: "Frank Paul" <support@firstgiving.com>
Reply-To: "barr_fachambers@ymail.com" <barr_fachambers@ymail.com>
Date: 11 May 2010 13:28:58 +0100
Subject: Fund Transfer

Dear,

I know you will be surprise to receive this letter from me since we do not know each other,but to start with I am Barrister Frank Paul Scheffer, a solicitor at law. I was the personal attorney to the Polish President Lech Aleksander Kaczynski who was killed on Saturday, 10 April 2010, when his official aircraft crashed in the Western Russian city of Smolensk. His wife and high-ranking representatives of Poland were also on board.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS BELOW SITE.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video

I am contacting you to assist retransfer the money he deposited with a bank in Switzerland before the Polish Goverment will discover the money where my late client had an account valued at about $35.5 Million Dollars.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin since nobody knows about the fund and the fund originated from a deal that the late president had with Oil Company in Saudi Arabia, and due to he does not want the fund to go into Polish Government account, so he took me to Switzerland and deposited the fund which I signed as his personal attorney and wittiness which gave me 100% right to provide any next of kin, unfurtunately the president is dead and there is no other person that knows about this fund so that the proceeds of this account us$ 35.5 Million will be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 60% to me and 40% to you I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us concluding this deal. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email immediately.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application that I will send to the holding bank requesting them to transfer the fund to you, and this is to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately

Yours Faithfully,

Barr. Frank Paul Scheffer

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