419 scam: "Robin Williams Lawrence" <mail32@freezonemailer.net> 10/12/2019.

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Robin Williams Lawrence" <mail32@freezonemailer.net>
Reply-To: attorney@laxgroupllc.com.co
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:51:57 -0800
Subject: 10/12/2019.

THE LAW OFFICE OF
LIBERTY ADVOCACY GROUP LLC
A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION
201 Humboldt Street, Rochester, New York 14610 USA

Our Ref : LAG/00206217/NYC Your Ref: Date: 12/10/2019

RE : STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO YOUR LATE RELATIVE: Case No. B718590125-2

Dear Beneficiary,

Compliment of the day, my name is Attorney Robin Williams Lawrence from Liberty Advocacy Group LLC, in which my main purpose of contacting you is in regards to a deceased client of mine, who died along Ohio State Route 58 during April 2015, he was a prominent client of mine who happens to be your distance relative. Nevertheless, kindly be informed that Late Engineer. Mr. Hermann, who was my client until his untimely death with his entire family in a ghastly car accident, leaving behind his Estate and
a huge amount of money Four Million Eight Hundred and Twenty Seven Thousand American Dollars (USD$4,827,000.00 ) as fixed deposit in a financial institution.

More also, i was given permission by your Embassy to open communication with you, to give you the legal right to claim this inheritance, in which the financial institution in charge of the inheritance
processing payment insist, that I provide any of his close or distance relative to come forward to claim the deposited funds, in which after unsuccessful attempts to locate close relations, I decided to contact
you, since you both share the same family name and you are eligible for this claim.

Lastly, kindly be aware that documents regarding this transaction indicates, that claims can only be made by any of his relatives or family members.

In case you have any kind of questions and demand more details on the above matter regarding this inheritance, please feel free to contact us via E-mail.

Yours Faithfully,
Robin Williams Lawrence
ATTORNEY AT LAW

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