419 scam: george brumeh <jdaniels009@yahoo.pt> LETS JOIN HANDS TO HELP THE NEEDYS.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "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.)
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.
- georgebrumeh2014@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: george brumeh <jdaniels009@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: george brumeh <georgebrumeh2014@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:51:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: LETS JOIN HANDS TO HELP THE NEEDYS.

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Dear Friend,
I am George Brumeh, a Solicitor and the Personal attorney to
Mr. Hoel Paul Edouard, a national of France, who died in a Plane crash

on Monday 2nd September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from

New York to Geneva.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

My client his wife and three children lost their lives on that plane

crash.Since then,i have made several enquiries to the embassy to
locate
any of my clients extended relatives, this has proved
unsuccessful. After
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace
his relatives over the
internet, so as to locate any member of his
family but to no avail,not until
i went to hisembassy in my Country
where your contact information was given
to me, Hence i contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money that
belonged to my late client before they get
confiscated or declared as
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit
were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued
at
about $10.5 Million Dollars, has issued me a notice to provide the

next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten
official
working days.

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 3
years now therefore, I have decided to seek your consent to
present
you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this

account valued at $10.5 Million Dollars, can be paid to you and then
you
and me can share the money 50% to me and 45% to you, while 5% will
be mapped
out for any expenses during the process or tax as your
government may
require. I have the certificate of deposit that can be
used to back up any
claim we may make.All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see
the deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch
with me strictly via this email
(georgebrumeh2014@yahoo.com.hk) to enable us
discuss further.

Best
regards,
Barrister George Brumeh.

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