419 scam: ANDREW TIDBURY & ASSOCIATES <andrewtidbury01@hotmail.co.uk> Execution of Late Mr. Rolf Hoffmann Will

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447024027965 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- andrew.tidbury@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: ANDREW TIDBURY & ASSOCIATES <andrewtidbury01@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: andrew.tidbury01@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:27:19 -0500
Subject: Execution of Late Mr. Rolf Hoffmann Will

I wish to notify you that late Mr. Rolf Hoffmann made you a
beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of twelve million, thirty
thousand United States Dollars ($12,030,000.00) to you in the
Codicil and last testament to his WILL. According to him, this
money is to support your humanitarian/ medical help/ orphanage
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.
Please respond for further correspondence through my email:
andrew.tidbury@hotmail.com, andrewtidbury@ymail.com call
line: Tel +44 702 402 7965 OR +44 702 402 7502
I await your prompt response.
Yours in Service,
Andrew Tidbury Esq

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