419 scam: "Barr Corban Frater"<corban_frater@hotmail.com> YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED

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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:
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348175519974
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.
- corbanfraterassociate@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr Corban Frater" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <corbanfraterassociate@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:50:34 +0200
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED

From: Barrister Corban Frater Chambers
Corban Frater & Associate
56, Marina Road,
Lagos,
Tel: +234-817-551-9974

Good day,

I am Barrister Corban Frater, with {Corban Frater & Associate} I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of the nature as being utterly confidential. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and overwhelmed, but I assure you all will go accordingly.

The project I am presenting to you is a case of my late client who willed $5.9 million to his next-of-kin. It was most unfortunate that he and his next-of-kin died on the same day in an auto-crash. I am now faced with indecision of who to pass the funds to. This email might come as a surprise to you, since there has been no previous correspondence between us. 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 unclaimed by the financial institution.

The financial institution has issued me a notice to contact and provide an existing relative or the funds will be declared unclaimed and diverted to the financial institution's treasury. So far, all my efforts to get hold of someone related to my late client have proved abortive. I am actually asking for your Consent to present you to the financial institution as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, so that the proceeds of this will be released to you.

I shall provide all the documents to back up the claim as my client's Next of Kin. All I require is your honest co-operation and commitments to enable us achieve this transaction. I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% would be shared equally between us. This transaction is risk free. I will use my position as the client’s attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Upon your positive response. I will provide you with further details and relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction. Feel free to contact me by email.

You can contact me on this email (corbanfraterassociate@yahoo.com)

Thanks.

Best regards,

Barrister Corban Frater

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