419 scam: "Dennis" <Barrdennischang03@att.net> CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION

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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.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis" <Barrdennischang03@att.net>
Reply-To: info_denilechang@writeme.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:31:35 -0700
Subject: CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION

Hello

It is quite a respect to crave your indulgence, knowing that this Letter will be a surprise to you. I am Dennis lee Chang, an attorney at law and the accredited legal representative to my deceased client, who was here in after, as my client. He died as a result of a heart related disease in the Month of December 2005.
I have contacted you to assist in the distribution of the funds left behind by my late client, before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank officials, and this deposit valued; Fourteen Million and fourty two Thousand United States Dollars.

This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or have the account confiscated.
My proposition to you is to seek your consent in presenting you as the next of kin beneficiary to my late client's Estates, so that the proceeds of this account can be remitted into your account as a foreign partner. Then we can both share the funding on a mutually agreed percentage.

All legal documentations to back up your claims as my late client's next of kin will be provided. Then, all I require is your absolute honesty, cooperation and total adherence to my instructions, to enable us transfer this funds into your account smoothly.This transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement, which will protect you from any infraction of the law.

If this proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology. In the contrary, if it pleases you, then contact me with urgency.
I shall await your response.

Yours faithfully,
Barrister Dennis lee Chang
(Senior advocates Hons.)

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