419 scam: "JOHNSON"<centexfax@googlemail.com> From Harmony Legal Lodon UK

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHNSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morrisonjhnsn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 08:04:09 -0700
Subject: From Harmony Legal Lodon UK

Harmony Legal
Legal Services (Office & Administration)

Based in the Central Chambers area of London
Telephone number 4470457 19346.

Address: 7 Central Chambers, The Broadway, London, , W5 2NR

Dear Friend ,

I am Barrister Morrison Johnson Joseph A Legal Practitioner Base In London Uk, A citizen of your country deposited GBP16.4M (SIXTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS with The Barclays Bank London before he died as a result of 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, .
I promise to give you 40% of the total funds transferred to your vital bank account as compensation for your assistance. and also bear in your mind that this transaction is 100$ risk free till the fund transfer into your nominated bank account through the paying bank ( BARCLAYS BANK LONDON )

Furthermore I wait to receive your Name ,Address, Tel &Fax#

Finally you are advice to view the website of the incident of the client

WEB SITE ---------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

Yours sincerely,

Barrister Morrison Johnson Joseph
For: Principal Attorney

Telephone number 4470457 19346.

London - UK

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