419 scam: John Powell <monazubedi@hotmail.com> Good day

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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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barrister" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: John Powell <monazubedi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barristerpowell@lawyer.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:21:03 +0000
Subject: Good day

I need your partnership:

I am contacting you in this way as a result of necessity and urgency of this transaction, I'm Barrister John Powell, I have a Foreign Client who is an Investor, Oil Merchant with London government as Contractor, he died without any next of kin or relatives and I can present you as the Next of Kin and we will work out the modalities for the claiming of the funds in accordance with the law and i will work out the affidavit as a lawyer.

This transaction relates to a large deposit of US$30 million from my Client, I’m his personal lawyer and all the documents related to the release of the said fund to your account will be arrange by myself as a Lawyer, I assure you this transaction is 100% risk free and will be done legally in accordance with the law. We shall share 50% for me and 40% for you, while 10% will go to the financier that will finance the transaction, you will not pay any fee, financier will pay all expenses regards to the release of the Fund into your Account.

If you are interested, kindly reply and I will give you more details of this transaction as you indicate your interest.

Note that this deal need 100% confidential till the fund is completely transfer to your Account.

Kind regards,

Barrister John Powell (ESQ)

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