419 scam: "CHARLES STANLEY ESQ" <cscharlesstanley@aol.com> Dear Graham N. Robert Fund Beneficiary,

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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:
- "activation fee" (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. )
- "western union" (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. )
- "bank charges " (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. )
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "high court" (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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES STANLEY ESQ" <cscharlesstanley@aol.com>
Reply-To: sstanley.charless@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 07:50:41 +0200
Subject: Dear Graham N. Robert Fund Beneficiary,

Dear Graham N. Robert Fund Beneficiary,

This is in regard to your email, I will advise at this point that you forget
about any form of skepticism in this transaction and proceed with the
transferring bank directives of paying the account activation charges as that
is the only way the Graham Robert fund will be transferred out of Graham
Robert account to your personal account. Note that the reason why the
transferring bank cannot deduct the account activation fee from the fund is
because the fund is currently in a suspense account (inactive account) and it
needs to be activated before it can be accessible. The bank has stressed that
unless the fund is activated and your online account is setup to transfer the
funds, the fund will not be accessible. The major delay here is the required
payment for the account activation fee and unless it’s paid from your end,
the fund will be pending transfer to your account and as such, it will give
room to the British High court to confiscate the funds.

I still believe you can make this transfer process possible as the bank has
promised to speedy up the transfer of the funds from Late Graham Robert
account, to the account that will be setup for you by the transferring bank
(NATWEST BANK) after which the bank will provide you your online accounts
very important details and request you to make the transfer of your funds
from your online account to your personal account. I at this point will
advise that you stop delaying this transfer process so you don’t give the
British High court a chance to confiscate these funds to their account, as
that is their major intention because they are not happy that after Graham
Robert death, you are yet to claim the funds he be quested to you, they said
they expect by now that Mr. Graham Robert dying wish of using the funds for
charity should have been accomplished since it was for that reason he be
quested the funds to you. They said every reasonable person will do anything
to pay what the bank requested to be paid knowing full well they have (40 %)
of the funds for personal expenditure as stated in Graham Robert Will. They
have therefore insisted that there is no need delaying this fund since Graham
Robert Will indicated that if the beneficiary of the fund is not able to
claim this fund, it should be confiscated to the account of the British High
Court and be used by this office for charity.

It is on this note I advise that you pay the bank charges as soon as possible
to enable the bank to immediately commence the transfer of the funds to your
account via swift bank transfer. It was the desire of Graham Robert that the
charity work commences without further delay. The transferring bank has
informed me that the account set up will soon commence, they however advised
that you should try and make the payment for the account activation fee which
is amounted to ($ 1,116 USD). They have advised that you effect the payment
via the below payment information to enable the speedy process of the
transfer of the funds 155,600,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Five million Six
Hundred thousand United States Dollars) to your account. You are to locate a
western union money transfer war mart shop or agent and make the payment.

Below is the new payment information that you are expected to make the
payment via:

MODE OF PAYMENT: WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER

ACCOUNT OFFICER: MIRIAM COUSON
ADDRESS: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

You are to send the payment details to me via email as soon as you make the
payment, so I can document it and in turn send it to the transferring bank to
enable them effect the transfer of your funds to your account without further
delay. I will be awaiting your immediate reply in this
Regard.

Sincerely Yours,

Charles Stanley Esq.
(Solicitor at Law)
For: Graham N. Robert

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