419 scam: "Bishops & Associates"<dbishops@hotmail.com> AVAILABILITY OF A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX IN YOUR NAME

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Bishops & Associates" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kane.arch@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 03:51:23 +0100
Subject: AVAILABILITY OF A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX IN YOUR NAME

Bishops & Associates
66 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LH
United Kingdom

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX IN YOUR NAME.

I represent United Kingdom Probate Office, the public trustee department that arranges untraceable asset management and safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.
We have information concerning of the availability of a deposit box with a Vaults Storage Company(executors)which has been listed in your name. A benefactor made you the beneficiary of the deposit box which contains US15,000,000.00.

Financial assets like this are considered unclaimed when contact with an owner or beneficiary is lost for an extended period or unaware of the secret trust held for him/her by the trustees . This often happens due to a name change after marriage or divorce, an unreported change name and address or expired postal forwarding order,incomplete, illegible records and result of computer and clerical errors. When owners or their heirs fail to claim an asset over a specified number of years known as the dormancy period, those left holding the trust property(money)in a case like this where the trust was invested, probate officer and administrator of trust properties had ordered transfer custody to a special trust account in a process known as es-cheat. your inheritance is now es-cheated to the storage company.

Our work is to provide legal assistance and claims administration through the Treasury Solicitor, Department of the Probate Registry for transfer of custody of the safe deposit box to you as the sole and legal beneficiary. After which we will arrange the release of the safe deposit box to you.

More Information will be provided concerning the deposit box when you get back to us.

Thank you and I remain

Paul Bishops
Bishops & Associates
66 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LH
United Kingdom

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