419 scam: "Advocate K.J Bouchier"<ksannloq@yahoo.com> Re:

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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.)
- "@lawyer.com" (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.
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.
- advocateboucheir@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Advocate K.J Bouchier" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <advocateboucheir@lawyer.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:19:32 -0400
Subject: Re:

>From the Desk of ,
Advocate Kevin John Bouchier,
Calle Juan Ramon 35,
12006 Castellon, Spain

My name is Barrister. K.J BOUCHIER a personal Attorney to Late Mr. Christian Eich, I am re-sending this to you again thus; A deceased client of mine Late Mr. Christian Eich, Engineer who ran carmaker BMW'S museum, who died as the result of plane crash with his wife and two children and his wife's parents were also among the victims of plane crash of Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/859479.stm.
My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security firm where this fund valued €4,500,000.00 (Four Million, Five hundred thousand Euros) deposited by my client before his death. All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's relation, I shall provide. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction.

I wish to point out that I want 20% of this money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining 80% is shared equally between us. This transaction is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the client's attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction
If you are interested please reply urgently to my Direct private email: advocateboucheir@lawyer.com upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand this transaction very well.

Regards,
Advocate Kevin John Bouchier
Email: advocateboucheir@lawyer.com

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