419 scam: "James Arch"<archjames@lawyer.com> DONT DELETE, PLEASE READ

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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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "very confidential" (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.)
- "@lawyer.com" (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.
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.
- archjames@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Arch" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <archjames65@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:35:44 -0000
Subject: DONT DELETE, PLEASE READ

VERY CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir,

Let this business proposal I am putting forward to you herein not be a surprise to you. I know you will ponder on how I got your Contact and why you.

I got your email address while searching for a Business minded person who I can transact a discreet business that I want to introduce herein to you.

Before I continue, I am Barrister Arch James Legal practitioner in United Kingdom.

I had a client Al Yadah Fayad ( An Arab Based in South Africa for Gold Merchant) Diseased who died in a Car crash with his wife Rakiya Fayad and two children in Cape Town South Africa in 2004. Eight years ago.

Before the death of Al Yadah and his family, he had an account with a Bank in the UK (To be disclosed when Due) with the amount of £12.4Million (Twelve Million, four hundred thousand Great British Pound).

Al Yadah Fayad was a a Very Successful Gold Merchant who also invested much in Oil during the Gulf War. He was an Arab millionaire. Originally from Kuwait.

Since his death, as the Family attorney, the Bank concern have instructed me to present a next of kin of late Al Yadah as I am in the Position to know his relative because in the Banks record, Al Yadah’s next of kin is his Late wife Rakiya. I have tried to locate his family members but to no avail and no one has come forward to me that he or she is related to him.

As you may know, I cannot present my self because the Bank will not accept as I am the family Attorney but who else I may present will be accepted.

At this Juncture, I have no option than to look for a Trust Worthy person to present to the Bank so that the Bank can payout the £12.4million to him or her. As I have nothing to gain leaving the money in the Bank.

Based on this, I decide to contact you so that I can present you to the Bank and get the money pay out to you then we can share the money 50% for you, 40% for me and 10% to cover any incidental expenses that you and me may incur in the process of the money being transferred to your account.

Please this deal is a 100% risk free and simple but confidential. I will put all the legal documents together for the fund to be transferred to your account with no legal implication.

Please if this is acceptable to you, Kindly get back to me with your Full Names, Telephone numbers, and address and if your know that your Bank account is not healthy enough to receive such fund, please you may turn me down by not responding because we need someone who has a healthy Bank account that receiving such money will not raise an eye brow.

Waiting to hear from you. Reply to: (archjames@lawyer.com)

Thank you very much

Barrister Arch James (archjames@lawyer.com)

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