419 scam: gfintl <gfintl@slt.lk> Hello Sir/Ma.

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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- barr_vlasenkoserhiy@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: gfintl <gfintl@slt.lk>
Reply-To: barr_vlasenkoserhiy@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 15:57:23 -0700
Subject: Hello Sir/Ma.

May I be granted the opportunity to introduce my self, I am Barrister Serhiy Vlasenko, a London based lawyer and also a lawyer to the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko, the immediate past Prime Minister of Ukraine from Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24th January to 8th September 2005, and again from 18th December 2007 to 4th March 2010, on the 11th October 2011, a Ukrainian court sentenced Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko to seven years in prison after she was found guilty of abuse of office when brokering the 2009 gas deal with Russia. Although her trail was politically motivated by members of the ruling class from the Viktor Yanukovych administration, I shall shield light on that as time goes on. At the moment, Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko is presently Prison serving her jail terms and fresh facts come up which she will be attending new trial of corrupt charges.

YOUR ROLE:
Before the arrest of my client, she confided in me about a huge cash deposit of about $15,580,000.00 with a Bank in America, although the deposits transaction was done in a foreign name and i was present as a principle witness, i cannot file application for these funds at the moment because security operatives in Ukrain and the US government have mounted surveillance on family members and close relatives of the entire Tymoshenko Clan. I want you to act as a NEXT OF KIN with the intent of claiming these funds. as a lawyers to Tymoshenko, I have conducted a thorough research on this and I shall empower you with the necessary documentation that would enable you claim the funds. I also want you to know that her family is highly connected in government circles and you shall have the backings of highly placed individuals. This is absolutely risk free and you stand to loose nothing!

YOUR GUARANTEE:
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as all that would be done is in accordance with the law of international trans-boundaries. Thus, we are going adopt a legalized method and I will help to prepare and perfect all the necessary documents, Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been released to you the sharing ratio is open for negotiation for you. The PERCENTAGE Sharing Ratio, it is very NEGOTIABLE between the both of us, just have it at the back of your mind as we proceed.

Further correspondence & details would be sent to you once I receive your email confirming that you have received my mail and you are interested in moving ahead with this project, as should you be interested please reply my email with your full names and current residential address, to my email address below.

Go through WIKIPEDIA for more details about my client, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko

Please contact me on my private email: barr_vlasenkoserhiy@hotmail.com
Thank You in Advance

Barr. Serhiy Vlasenko
B. A. Hons Manchester, B. L

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