419 scam: Dr Larry Jame <info@accountservices.com> Urgent Assit/Money Transfer.

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447045799434 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- dr_larryjame@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Larry Jame <info@accountservices.com>
Reply-To: dr_larryjame@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 18:50:22 +0900
Subject: Urgent Assit/Money Transfer.

Dr. Larry James
Tel: +44(704)5799434
Please Reply to This Email: dr_larryjame@hotmail.com

Greetings, I am the manager of one of the leading bank in LONDON in my department we discovered an abandoned sum of money (US$15.5M) belonging to one of our Foreign Customer, since late 1997 nobody has operated this account.

The owner of this account is JESSE BENJAMIN; a businessman who involved in air crash, he was a contractor and he died since Sep 1998 in an air crash in Swissair flight 111 with other passengers on board. Check website for more details, http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/swissbaysw.html

I am asking for your Co-operation to present you as the next of kin to our late Customer. No beneficiary, No other person knows about this Account. I will back you up with all the documents to enable the bank approve the funds to you and 1 will offer you 30% Send me the followings,

1. Full Names
2. Phone Number
3. Fax Number
4. Occupation
5. Sex
6. Age
7. Nationality

Yours truly,

Larry James

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