419 scam: GRAIN HILL BANK <info@grainhillbank.com> Payment: 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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "info@grainhillbank.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "info@grainhillbank.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 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.
- +447024020390 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +448715038595 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: GRAIN HILL BANK <info@grainhillbank.com>
Reply-To: lawfirm@anhuichen.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:08:28 +0430
Subject: Payment: Your Inheritance

GRAIN HILL BANK
13 Kingdom Street, Sheldon Square, London W2 6BD, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 702 402 0390
Fax: +44 871 503 8595
Email: info@grainhillbank.com

Good day,

We wish to bring to your notice that a deceased customer of our bank
bequeathed Nineteen Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy four Thousand
Great British Pounds (Â£19,774,000 GBP) to you as his heir
(Next-of-Kin). He did fill in your Name and email address as his
Next-of-Kin when this account was created for him.

Please do acknowledge the receipt of our mail so that we can pay or
transfer your inheritance to you as his Next-of-Kin. For security
reasons, we can not disclose much information about this to you in
this email until we hear from you.

FOR CLAIMS PLEASE SEND ALL EMAILS TO OUR BANK EMAIL: info@grainhillbank.com

OR

TO OUR ATTORNEY:

Lawfirm: ANHUICHEN CHAMBERS
Contact Person: Barrister Richard Morris
Email: lawfirm@anhuichen.com
Telephone: +44 702 402 9132

Thanks,
Mr. Peter Mason
President of Grain Hill Bank

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