419 scam: henry kebbey <henry.kebbey@mail.ru> Hi Dear,

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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:
- "million dollars" (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.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lome togo" (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 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.
- henrykebbey@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: henry kebbey <henry.kebbey@mail.ru>
Reply-To: henrykebbey@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:46:13 +0200
Subject: Hi Dear,

Henry at Justice Chambers
Barrister Henry Kebbe
Address: 29 Airport Rd, Rue
De Cvil. Lome-Togo

My name is Barrister Henry Kebbe, I am the personal attorney to late
engineer:B. A. GonzÃ¡lez, my client and his family were involved in a car
accident while coming back from vacation, all occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives. I have made several inquiries to locate any
relative of my late client, but was unsuccessful. I am contacting you to
assist me to claim the sum of (US$12.500 million Dollars) that my late
client deposited with a bank here in Togo. One good advantage we have here
is that you have the same surname with my deceased client. Bank gave me a
notice to provide my late client's next of kin / Beneficiary of his
inheritance or else they will have divert the fund to the government as an
unclaimed deposit. Here is my private email address(henrykebbey@gmail.com),for
more information's.

Best Regards
Henry Kebbe (Esq)
Principal Attorney,
Lome Togo.
Tel: +22899315063

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