419 scam: "=?utf-8?Q?HELEN=20HUNT=20CHAMBERS?=" <mywish42008@gmail.com> =?utf-8?B?Rk9SIE1VVFVBTCBVTkRFUlNUQU5ESU5H?=

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "is 100% risk free" (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.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- 00447452041893
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.
- hhuntchambers@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?Q?HELEN=20HUNT=20CHAMBERS?=" <mywish42008@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:03:34 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?B?Rk9SIE1VVFVBTCBVTkRFUlNUQU5ESU5H?=

Barrister Helen Hunt
Email: hhuntchambers@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: 00447452041893

Dear Sir / Madam

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a
conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. My
name is Barrister Helen Hunt, a legal consultant living in London, United Kingdom. Actually, I got your contact
information through your Country world record while searching for a last name similar to my late client Eng.Martins; an
expatriate engineer/contractor who worked in London, for many years, he died along with his family during the
Tsunami catastrophe when they went for a holiday in Asia, which occurred on Monday 27 December, 2004.

Before his death, on my advice as his lawyer he deposited One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure, containing
the sum of $12.6M (TWELVE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) cash with a security company here
in London, but he did not disclosed the content of deposited diplomatic consignment to the security company, for
security reasons. The security company has mandated me to present any family heir/inheritor for claims, before the
consignment gets confiscated or reverts to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, as unclaimed diplomatic deposit. So I
decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has been very difficult for me, as he did not declare any
other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his diplomatic consignment deposit Eng.
Martins was my private client.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to
Eng.Martins, since you both share the same last name so that the diplomatic consignment will be released to you.
With my position as his lawyer, I will now place your name as the next of kin to my late client. I will prepare every
relevant document that will assist your claims. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk in
connection to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully, besides, as a
lawyer I have a license to protect.

Once the diplomatic consignment is released to you, we have to discuss what percentage you have to give me for
my involvement. If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me otherwise reply via my private email
address: ( hhuntchambers@yahoo.co.uk ) for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not
interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

Best Regards
Helen Hunt, Esq

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