419 scam: "Mr.Dennis Lawrence" <dennislawrencee@yahoo.cn> Re:leaving a vacuum to be filled.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Dennis Lawrence" <dennislawrencee@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: dennislawrence@yahoo.cn
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:46:41 -0700
Subject: Re:leaving a vacuum to be filled.

Dear Friend

I guess this might sound strange to you receiving an email from on unknown person. To formally introduce myself , I am Mr.Dennis Lawrence a Financial consultant here
in UK . Unfortunately one of my late customer’s who was a property magnate and building contractor passed away with his wife and only son in an air disaster some
years back.Upon his death nobody has laid a claim on his estate {fund} of 12.7Million British Pounds Sterling unfortunately, his son being the only heir died along with them in the crash, leaving a vacuum to be filled. Presently, the bank where my late customer deposited the fund has planned to confiscate this fund after the expiration of a certain period by invoking abandoned property degree of 1936 in accordance with the law of United Kingdom.

It is in light of this, I decided to communicate with you considering that you shares the same last/surname with my late customer putting you in a perfect position to be identify as his relation/business associate ,. Knowing obviously that you are not, in any way, related to him, my intention is to be in partnership with you, to enable me present you to his bank as the heir to his estate The fund, totaling 12.7Million British Pounds Sterling will be shared in the ratio of 50% for you, 40% for me while 10% set aside to defray all cost arising in the execution of this transaction.

I hereby assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and will be conducted in a legitimate manner without any financial misconduct. I should respect your trust on me as the financial adviser to the late client.Kindly contact me immediately by furnishing me with your complete Information

1) Your full names
2) Age,
3) Direct phone number
4) Mobile phone number
5) Nature of job/position,
6) Marital status
7) Address

On receipt of your response, I will send you the documents pertaining to the deposit of the fund and engage the service of an attorney to carry out the legal documentation that will compel the bank to recognize you as the next of kin and release the fund to you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr.Dennis Lawrence

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