419 scam: "Lionel Washington"<cindy@cgracephoto.com> Lets Make This Work

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Lionel Washington" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <washlionel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:02:18 +0530
Subject: Lets Make This Work

Dear Friend,

You may be surprised to receive my letter and this unsolicited mail, I am sorry for bursting into your privacy.
My name is Lionel Washington (An American citizen) I am a Personal Attorney to Ashot Egiazaryanr,who is presently on asylum

in US. Find details of his predicament:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354507/Russian-billionaire-flees-U-S-receiving-death-threats-Moscow-

hotelproject.html
My aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person,who I can entrust the sum of GBP 11.8M

(Forty Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

Source of the fund: I and my client secured this money in a bank in London England, before his travails with the Russian

authority. This fund has not been traceable by anyone since it was secured directly in my name. Now that he is under

incarceration, I have his permission to transfer the money out of the bank, to invest in charitable endeavours. As he

believes he may be murdered by the Russian mob like Alexander Litvinenko ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6178890.stm ) and the

funds lost unnecessarily, his wish is to give back to the society so that even when he dies, it would be with a clean heart.

If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: 20% for your business, 70% for charity work and 10% to cover all expenses. I have all the title documents to the fund which I can transfer to you to enable you have assess to it. Be assured that is risk-free and legitimate.Please advise me on your position by e-mail Immediately, indicating,

Your full names..............

Address..........................

Direct tel.and fax number............

Your age..............

Your occupation...............

Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

Regards.
Lionel Washington
United Kingdom

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