419 scam: Barrister Kim Justin Esq. <barkimjustin@aowic.com.cn> Attn:my beloved one,

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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 next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Kim Justin Esq. <barkimjustin@aowic.com.cn>
Reply-To: markpeters@skymail.mn
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:14:58 +0800
Subject: Attn:my beloved one,

From the desk: Barrister Kim Justin(Esq)
The principal Attorney/partner to Late Engr. Paul
Erick Siersted.
33,Bury Street London
SW1Y 6AX Uk.

Attn:my beloved one,

I am Kim Justin, a solicitor of Kim chambers and personal attorney to late Engr.Paul Erick Siersted, a Danish national.I decided to reach you via your e-mail address, which is most confidential than normal postage. I wish to notify you that my client died at the age of 62 in the year 2004 after suffering from desophagi cancer. He had two children and wife who died in a plane crash on Jan. 31, 2000, off Oxnard,Calif:Aboard Alaska Airways flight originating in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico, and scheduled to stop in San Francisco and then Seattle, crashed in the Pacific.All 88 people aboard killed including the (wife and children),
website:http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801250.

Late Engr. Paul Erick Siersted who passed away on February 8, 2004 at the age of 62, was a philanthropist who touched lives of people, left the sum of Fiften million ($15,000,000.00) to a person with a Netherlands address. But unfortunately for over a year the person could not be traced as the address he gave in his last testament is the address of Catholic Monks. The information is that the person does not exist. Every other instructions in his last testament has been executed accordingly with exception of the ($15,000,000.00) which is kept in the bank.

In view of the above information of the non existing Monk, and since there is no one to claim this fund, i choose to contact you to assist in getting the fund out. I will provide and generate other document from the probate for the 100% free from law and success of the deal. We shall distribute 30% of the entire fund to charity and split the remaining 70% in the ratio of 50/50.

Please if I reach you as I am hopeful endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable the immediate execution to avoid loosing the sum to the finance company. I will also need your full names,contact address,private telephone number for easy communication. Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Regards,
Barrister Kim Justin Esq.

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