419 scam: Xiaoming Chen Attorneys <attorneychenxiaoming@gmail.com> Hello From Mr. Chen

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Xiaoming Chen Attorneys <attorneychenxiaoming@gmail.com>
Reply-To: attorneyxiaomingji@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:04:06 -0600
Subject: Hello From Mr. Chen

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Dear ,

I am Ji Xiaoming Chen, an attorney at Law. I have a client who died
intestate alongside his wife and only child and who is from the same
ancestral lineage with you. Prior to the death of my Client, he secured a
contract of 28 million USD from the Kingdom of Bahrain and the contract was
successfully executed but the balance of Fifteen Million Seven hundred
thousand United States Dollars was subsequently paid into my clientâ€™s
account within the time of his sudden death and this amount is lying
unclaimed.

Being the personal attorney of my late client, I was mandated to provide
the appointed kin or risk losing the money to the government, I have made
several effort to contact any member of my client immediate family but to
no avail, so I decided to look for someone from the same ancestral lineage
with my client to present as the possible kin and this is the reason I am
contacting you to assist in distributing this money since the possibility
of you being related to my client can be established.

Thank you and get back to me as soon as possible.

Regards
Ji Xiaoming Chen

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