419 scam: "ROBERT"<webmaster@THEFASHIONOUTLET.NET> VERY IMPORTANT!

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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.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bayford4real@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:30:23 -0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT!

Dear Sir/Ma

I am indeed glad to be in contact with you even though this medium of communication (internet) has been grossly abused by criminal minded people making it difficult for people with genuine intention struggle to correspond and exchange views without skepticism.

This message is sending to you with a heart of high level confidentiality, & it is risk free.

I am Barrister Robert M. Fishler a legal solicitor to Late Mr. Romans Blum, a Holocaust survivor and real estate developer, who died Jan 23 2012, He left behind no heirs and no surviving family members to claim the amounting $40 million with the MAM company in Germany — his former wife died in 1992 and the couple was childless. We contacted you as a matter of urgency to become the Next of Kin to late Mr. Romans Blum to enable us claim the above fund.

View the website below to read more about this deal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2316357/Roman-Blum-heirs-40m-fortune-Holocaust-survivors-estate-set-inherited-New-York-state.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/nyregion/holocaust-survivor-left-an-estate-worth-almost-40-million-but-no-heirs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.mrobinsonlaw.com/blog/estate-planning/orphaned-estate-roman-blum/

kindly get back to me with your full information such as:

A) Your Full Name,
Your Full Address,
C) Your Direct Cell Phone Number,
D) Your Occupation & Age.

If you are interested please send me your personal details for further information and i can explain more about this deal to you, now i am writing from a fresh email account, so if you are not interested do not reply to this e-mail and please delete this message, if no response after some time i will then search for someone else. I wait for your contact details for us to go on.

Yours Sincerely,

Barrister Robert M. Fishler

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