419 scam: "Charles Russell LLP" <info@live.co.uk> SUB: LATE SIR. JOHN PAUL GETTY'S WILL

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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:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "c.russellesq@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Russell LLP" <info@live.co.uk>
Reply-To: c.russellesq@live.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:16:29 +0300
Subject: SUB: LATE SIR. JOHN PAUL GETTY'S WILL

Charles Russell LLP
5 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7RD
United Kingdom

SUB: LATE SIR. JOHN PAUL GETTY'S WILL
On behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the late British
Philanthropist, Sir John Paul Getty Jr., I once again try to notify you as
our email to you was returned as a failure delivery (undelivered), hence I
ereby attempt to reach you again: I wish to notify you that the late Sir
J. Paul Getty Jr. made you one of the beneficiaries to his (WILL), he
bequeathed the sum of Nine Million Seven Hundred and Eight Thousand Six
Hundred and Ninety Two Great British Pounds Sterling Only
(GBP£9,708,692.7) to you in the codicil and last testament to his (WILL)
which is eleven (11%) of his total funds of GBP£88,260,443.00 (Eighty
Eight Million Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Four Hundred and Forty Three
Great British Pounds Sterling.

This may sound very strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being a widely popular traveled man, he must have been in contact
with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his
numerous friends here or abroad who wished you well. Sir J. Paul Getty
Jr., the reclusive American-born philanthropist was the third son of the
first American oil billionaire, billionaire American oilman Jean, Paul
Getty. According to him this money is to support religious and
humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.

Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon
as possible to enable me conclude my job. Email me privately at my
personal email: c.russellesq@live.co.uk

I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

Thanks.

Yours in services,
Barr. Charles Russell
Charles Russell LLP

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