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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.
- 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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Garry Lambert Esq."<sales@securitystl.com>
Reply-To: gl.chamberslondon@crisnee.eu
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 01:54:47 -0700
Subject: My Swift Regards
I am Garry Lambert Esq. a solicitor with the GL CHAMBERS and personal
lawyer to our late client Ahmad Saad Khader Abdul-Hafez who was the
chairman of Khader A. Abdul-Hafez Holding Co in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad Saad Khader Abdul-Hafez had been closely involved in traditional
family business of pearl diving in Bahrain and a well known
Philanthropist, before he died, made a Will in our law firm GL CHAMBERS
stating that $8.2Miilion USD (only) should be donated to any charity home
of our choice overseas.
We have made an electronic random draw and your e-mail address
was picked to assist us disburse these funds accordingly. This implies
that you will stand as the beneficiary to this Will so that the funds
could be processed and transferred to your account. I am particularly
interested in securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued
a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this Will as soon as
possible or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury.
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client.
You are required to contact me immediately to start the process of
transferring this money to any of your designated Account.
The following link shows the crashing situation of our late client, Abdul-Hafez who's Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is declared missing till date; http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client.
I urge you to simply reach me on this email: gl.chamberslondon@crisnee.eu for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.Please act fast.
I hope we could work together as a team to execute
this transaction successfully. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Garry Lambert Esq.
Email:gl.chamberslondon@crisnee.eu
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