419 scam: "Mathiew Chambers"<allenalichambers@gmail.com> Acquisition

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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:
- "% will be for you" (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 business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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.
- mathiewlawrencechamber@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mathiew Chambers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mathiewlawrencechamber@lawyer.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:45:37 -0000
Subject: Acquisition

Acquisition

Permit me to formally introduce myself as Barrister Allen Ali from United Kingdom, Family lawyer of late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German property magnate Age 64 years old, his wife Maria, 62 years old, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, 8 and Maximilian, 10 years old, all perished in the jet. [Concorde AF4590] With the whole passengers on-board on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK died without a [HEIR]Monday, 31 July, 2000, by plane crash, there is sum of Four Million Six hundred thousand british pounds (GBP£4.6M) that my client Mr. Andreas Schranner deposited in a Bank here in UK since 1997 and as from 2001 nobody has operated on this account again after the death of my client, and my client next of kin of inheritance was only his wife and his only daughter who also happened to died on the crash.

Here is the air crash website onfiltered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

As the bank cannot release this money to me unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in the banking guidelines and policies, now decided to make this business proposal to you present you to the bank as my client second next of kin of inheritance so that the bank will release the money to you.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up as his relation to me. And the country law here does not allow such money to stay more than 15 years, for the money will be recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this period.Upon the receipt of your response, I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased with all the info's that i will provide to you our request will be granted. All the documents regarding the fund and my client to back up this claim will be provided by me. Because they are all with me, and i will provide them to you once they are required.

It has been resolved that 40% will be for you while 60% will be for me which shall be release after the funds must have been remitted into your bank account.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
decision.Including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Hoping for a very successful business relationship with you.
Reply to me by my private E-mail Address: mathiewlawrencechamber@lawyer.com

Best Regards,
Barrister Allen Ali (PHD)

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