419 scam: "Derek Wood CBE QC" <dorothy@readergraphics.com> RE-OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF YOUR INHERITANCE.

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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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "chambers" (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.
- +447024096883 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Derek Wood CBE QC" <dorothy@readergraphics.com>
Reply-To: derekwoodcbe@superposta.com
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 13:37:20 +0000
Subject: RE-OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF YOUR INHERITANCE.

FALCON CHAMBERS
Falcon Court
408 Lond / Chancery Lane,
EC4Y 1AA London, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 702 4096883

RE-OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF YOUR INHERITANCE.

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the Estate of late Luciano Pavarotti, I hereby attempt to reach you again. I wish to notify you that late Luciano Pavarotti made you a beneficiary to his will. He left the sum of Thirty-one Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only (USD$31,500,000.00 ) to you in the codicil and last testament to his will. This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.

Luciano Pavarotti was known for his humanitarian work. He was the founder and the host of the'Pavarotti & Friends' annual charity concerts and related activities in Modena, Italy. There he sang with international stars of all styles to raise funds for several worthy UN causes and charity homes. Pavarotti sang with Bono and U2 in the 1995 song Miss Sarajevo and raised $50,500,000 in his charity project 'Concert for Bosnia'.

He also established and financed the Pavarotti Music Center in Bosnia, and raised funds in charity concerts for refugees from Afghanistan and for refugees from Kosovo. Pavarotti made two Guinness World Records one was for receiving the most curtain calls at and the other was for the best selling classical album of 'The Three Tenors in Concert' with PlÃ¡cido Domingo and Joseph Carreras.

Late Luciano Pavarotti until his death was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time, late Luciano Pavarotti died at the age of 71 years. According to him this money is to support your activities and to help the poor and the needy.

Read more about him on this web (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667556/bio)

Please You should fill the information below for more clarity and identification of your information we have here

1.Full Name
2.Mobile Telephone number,
3.Age
4.contact address/Country
5.occupation

Yours In Service,

Derek Wood CBE QC
Falcon Chambers

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