419 scam: "Mr. King Victor"<legalk@lawyer.com> Financial Proposal

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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 deposit" (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)
- "million british pounds" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- legalkng@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. King Victor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <legalkng@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:58:47 -0800
Subject: Financial Proposal

Dear Sir,

I am Barrister King Victor, a solicitor at law (Legal Practitioner) and also the personal attorney to Engr. Timothy Yeager, a national of your country, who used to work with NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPERATION (NNPC) NIGERIA.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client. Whose sad event took place on the 8th day of December, 2011? We mourn the departed. My client, since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

I have conducted very important searches through some heir hunters and found out that there are no next of kin’s to Engr. Timothy Yeager, hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund and property left behind by my client before he get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.

Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had an account valued at about £31 million (Thirty one million British pounds sterling only) has issued me a notice to provide the true next of kin or have the account confiscated into the bank treasury within the next seven official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one month and some days now.

I seek your consent to present you as the true next of kin of the deceased, since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account valued at £31 million (in words Thirty one million British pounds sterling only) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 40% to me and 30% to you and the remaining 30% will be use to cater for any kind of expenses we may incur both local and international. More so, I am in possession of all relevant documents legal and Institutional that will facilitate our achieving this goal.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us conclude this deal. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law or fraudulent activities. It is however important to say that utmost confidentiality is of vital importance if we are to successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction.

I shall however leave out the other details of this transaction till I receive an affirmation of your desire to participate. Please get in touch with me by my email address: legalkng@aol.com anytime.

In light of above, you are required to provide this good office with the following information's:-

(1.) Your Full Name: (2.) Your Home Address: (3.) Your telephone number and fax number:
(4.) Your date of birth: (5.) Your Sex: (6.) Your ID: (7.) Your Occupations:
(8.) Your Country & Sate: (9.) Your Next of Kin Name:

Thanks a lot & God bless you for your urgent reply.

Sincerity.

Barr. King Victor (SAN)
King Victor & Associates.
Legal Practitioner, Advocates & Notary Public.
No. 18, North Garriki, Abuja. E-mail:- legalkng@aol.com

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