419 scam: "VICTORIA LEE"<webmail@4mall.com.au> Please help me acheive this ...

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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:
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +442033899664

Fraud email example:

From: "VICTORIA LEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <victoria.lee1000@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 23:48:31 -0700
Subject: Please help me acheive this ...

I know you might be surprised when this email gets to you . I barely know you but i wish to entrust some responsibilities to you. My name is Mrs. Veronica Lee; I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer for about two years, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for. We owned an import/export company which operated in the UK,EU and in china. I have been touched by God to donate from what i have and what I have also inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of Humanity, rather than allow my relatives to use our hard earned money ungodly, since we had no kids to inherit them.

I have asked God to forgive me and I believe He has, because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for another operation in less than a week and I'll want you to stand as the beneficiary to the account of my late husband in the United Kingdom. Sometimes i wonder why God is still keeping me alive ....in this paians. well, maybe i'm still alive for a purpose.I still wonder how death feels, i think its rest. Please pray for me.

You would be entitled to 15% of all the funds which are deposited in bank/finance house here in the United Kingdom . The remaining 85% will be used to set up a foundation in my husband's name, which will be used to help the less privileged.Your job is to I used to wonder why someone would will his assets to his pet, its begining to dawn on me that all i have may not still be used rightly, the reason why i want to trust you.

Please contact my lawyers in charge of the funds and they will arrange the transfer of the funds from my late husband's account to your preferred account as the beneficiary.

Pls. Contact my lawyer in London, Barrister Anthony Berry with the specified address:

Law Partnership,
90b London Fields, London SE5 0EG
Email: anthony.berry@blackstone-lawchambers.com
Tell: +442033899664

There are above 8 million dollars deposited in banks/finance houses in the UK . Please use your share of the funds well and always extend the good work to others.

Please tell him that I have asked you to reach him. I will make out time to reach out to you again, you can drop your phone number with the lawyer so that anytime he comes around we can talk.

God blesses you.
Thanks,
Mrs. Victoria Lee

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