419 scam: "ANDREW ALLEN ESQ"<porumportugalmaisfashion@porumportugalmaisfashion.com> Greetings from Andrew Allen Chambers

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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "atmdepartment64@yahoo.co.jp" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" 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.
- atmdepartment64@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "ANDREW ALLEN ESQ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmdepartment64@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 06:11:03 -0700
Subject: Greetings from Andrew Allen Chambers

Greetings From Allen Chambers

I am Barrister Andrew Allen, a lawyer and solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to late Engr. George Cam who worked as an independent oil merchant in UK before he died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 28th of July 2004.

Since the death of my client in July, 2004, I have written several letters to your embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. However, going by the recent publications by the Trustee bank in which my client deposited the sum of £8.7m (GBP), I fear a likely winding up proceedings in the coming months. I seek your consent therefore, to present you to the trustees as my client's next of kin since you bear the same last name with my late client so that you can help repatriate the money to your bank account, and both of us will share the £8.7m (GBP) 50/50 each.

Respond urgently if you are interested, so I can appraise you with further details. I assure you that I have all the requirements to execute this claim legitimately.reply through this email:atmdepartment64@yahoo.co.jp

Warmest regards,
Andrew Allen (Esq)

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