419 scam: "BARR.OLIVER GILLEN-SMITH.ESQ" <info@fudaworld.com> BUSINESS PROPOSAL FROM MIDDLESBROUGH-UK

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447035917657 (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.
- gillensmitholiver@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARR.OLIVER GILLEN-SMITH.ESQ" <info@fudaworld.com>
Reply-To: <gillensmitholiver@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 03:27:41 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FROM MIDDLESBROUGH-UK

Office Address
Fabrick Housing,
4th Floor Centre North East,
73-75 Albert Road,
Middlesbrough TS1 2RU.
Tel:+447035917657,7031812566,7924005266
E-mail:oliver.gillen-smith@bent.cc

Dear Friend.

With due maximum respect, I crave your indulgence knowing that this my proposal will be a surprise to you.My name is Barr.Oliver Gillen-Smith a legal practitioner with O.Gillen-Smith & Associates in London,United Kingdom.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client,to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance House where this fund valued(£17,530,000.00) Seventeen Million, Five hundred and Thirty thousand pounds sterling deposited by my client before his death in Dec 2004.

Now,my intention is purely to seek your consent to kindly present you as the legal next of kin/beneficiary to my late client's funds.This would mean that the proceeds of the said funds would be released to you.After the release of the funds to you,we shall then share it mutual,which will be 60% to me and 40% to you.My office would provide documents to back up your claim. The most important thing I need is your honest/sincere cooperation in this task. And I assure you that this transaction will be legally executed according to the dictates of the law,which will protect you from any infraction of the law. However,if this business proposition offends your moral ethics,do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me,kindly get back to me with your interest immediately for further details.I will appreciate if you could contact me through my direct email:gillensmitholiver@yahoo.co.uk

Barr.Oliver Gillen-Smith.Esq
(LLB Hon.)

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