419 scam: "Martin Hartson LL.B. (Hon)"<martinhatson@gmail.com> Your attention is required please

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Martin Hartson LL.B. (Hon)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <martinhartson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 23:06:47 +0100
Subject: Your attention is required please

Hello,

My name is Martin Hartson, attorney at law. My client, Late Mr Antwan died on the 8th of November, 2004 in the UK. A fortnight ago, I was contacted by the Financial Institution were he held a monetary resource, they instructed me to contact his family members on his abandoned investment with them. Throughout my search, I was not able to ascertain a genuine relative who shall be recipient of his abandoned investment, hence contacting you.

Fortunately, you share the same second name with my client Mr Antwan, so i see this as an oppurtunity for you and more modestly me. Because together we can transfer the said funds/investment to you with full legal backing from me and also documents to show that you are the true legitimate next of kin to my client.

Please it is important that you contact me as soon as possible as we have just ten working days to process and fastrack the transfer of the said funds(undisclosed at the moment). That is off course if you are interested and see this as an oppurtunity.

Please provide the following information so i can begin to process all documentations and we can move to the next step.

1. Fullname
2. Country of Origin/Country of Residence
3. Phone numbers
4. Occupation
5. Full Address

Yours truly,

Martin Hartson, LL.B. (Hons)

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