419 scam: "Kenneth Harry"<barrkennethbarrk@law.com> From: Kenneth Harry

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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:
- "million 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)
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.
- +447012976549 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kenneth Harry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <export03@live.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:36:29 -0700
Subject: From: Kenneth Harry

>From Kenneth Harry

London

United Kingdom

Tel: +44-701-297-6549

Hello,

Let me begin by introducing myself well to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us.

My name is Kenneth Harry. I am an attorney .

I am contacting you to help transfer the money left in the bank by my client who died some years ago, to avoid

it confiscated by the bank.

The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be reported and available money diverted to the Bank Treasury , all my efforts to contact someone related to this man has not been possible. That’s why I am contacting you.

I'm actually asking your consent to present you to the bank as the next of kin / beneficiary of my late client's money, because you have the same name, so that the money ($25.5 million dollars) will be transferred to your account , and then we share the funds in a mutual agreement on the basis of percentage.

Any legal document to support your claim as my client next of kin will be provided. All I need is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction. The transaction will be done under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

However, if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, please accept my sincere apologies.

If you want to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanations:

Tel: +44-701-297-6549

Regards

Kenneth Harry

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