419 scam: Barrister Anthony Owens <officeoffice04---4@att.net> Good Day, Urgent Response Required

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million pounds" (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)
- "million british pounds" (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)
- "attorneys " (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.
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.
- anthonyowens@mail2anthony.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- all reply/correspondence to my private email address anthonyowens@mail2anthony.com for urgent attention. yours faithfully,barrister (Mail2anthony; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Anthony Owens <officeoffice04---4@att.net>
Reply-To: anthonyowens@mail2anthony.com
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:07:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Good Day, Urgent Response Required

Good day, It is my hope and belief that you will take out time to read and digest this letter and then make out time to reply me as quickly as you can. My name is Mr. Anthony Owens one of the few privileged attorneys and solicitors to the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who recently resigned his post as President after about 3 weeks uprising, and barely 24 hours of his resignation most countries of the world are already persecuting him by freezing his Bank accounts in some part of the world like Switzerland has already done as seen here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/04/hosni-mubarak-family-fortune) or (http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/swiss-government-freezes-mubarak-s-assets-following-resignation-1.342855) without even bothering to afford him the privilege of a fair hearing from his perspective of events in Egypt as a former president. Meanwhile, in other to forestall a total freezing of his Bank account in some parts
of the world, he has instructed me as his attorney to help him secretly secure the sum of 10Million British Pounds Sterling only (Ten Million British pounds sterling only) which he intended to use in buying a property here in the UK before the uprising erupted in Egypt. Therefore, to prevent the funds been traceable to him, I have immediately arranged the funds into a box of consignment and deposited it with a reputable Security Company under a fictitious name while declaring the content of the consignment as ARTIFACTS, this way the security company itself does not know the actual content of the consignment except you and myself only. To this end, all I just need you to do is to furnish me with your full name, contact mailing address information as well as your private telephone numbers, so I can present your information to the security company as the actual beneficiary of the said consignment in other for them to deliver the consignment to you at
your doorstep via the contact mailing address you will provide. Please let me assure you at this juncture that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free and as such for your assistance in helping us receive the consignment from the security company, you will be adequately compensated with 20% of the total sum amounting to Two Million pounds, while we will also seek your professional advice in helping my client buy a property in your country with the remaining 80% as a matter of urgency. Looking forward to hearing from you soonest so I can furnish you with more details or any further clarification you might require. Please send all reply/correspondence to my private email address anthonyowens@mail2anthony.com for urgent attention. Yours faithfully,Barrister Anthony Owensanthonyowens@mail2anthony.com

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