419 scam: "Barrister Peter Omo"<barristerpeteromo@chamber.pl> Read and reply

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- barristerpeteromo@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Peter Omo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristerpeteromo@yahoo.pl>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:06:09 -0500
Subject: Read and reply

Barrister Peter Omo
Legal Practitioners
Solicitors at Law
No: 23 Toyi Street, Ikoyi Lagos,
E-mail: barristerpeteromo@yahoo.pl

My good friend,

Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm today, (Peter Omo Chambers & Associates) in Lagos, Nigeria.

I am Barrister Peter Omo, the Legal Adviser and counsel to a deceased Late Mr. Paul Lewis an expatriate contractor who used to work with Zenith Oil and Gas Company here in Nigeria and he was my late client. On the December 26th 2003, my client and his entire family died in a plane crash in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

He was a well known philanthropist before he died, he made a Will stating that $7.5m (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars Only) should be donated to any philanthropist of our choice overseas.

We have made a random draw where your e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this money from the bank since 2003, because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this will, since none of his relations as come to claim the fund since 2003 and else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as to law here because is after Eleven (11) years and no family member to claim the fund.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client in your favour and therefore, you are required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this money to any of your designated official account.

I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit from today and I have all needed documents to back this claim up.

Information needed from you immediately are:

YOUR FULL NAME.............................................

TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................

OCCUPATION.................................................

NATIONALITY………………………………..

AGE........................................................

SEX........................................................

Get back to me immediately.

Remain Blessed

Barrister Peter Omo (SAN)

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