419 scam: "KPMG AND PARTNERS CHAMBERS"<kpmg.chambers@consultant.com> Request for Co-operation on a Private Business Relationship

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barr." (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.
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.
- +34631864181 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- info.kpmg.chambers@consultant.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- fax: +34-917 -903 -895 reply to e-mail: info.kpmg.chambers@consultant.com dear friend request for co-operation on a private (Consultant; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- kpmg.chambers@consultant.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "KPMG AND PARTNERS CHAMBERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <annamaria@vfemail.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:47:56 +0200
Subject: Request for Co-operation on a Private Business Relationship

Kpmg And Partners Law Firm & Associates
Office: Paseo de la Castellana, 95
Edificio Torre Europa,
28046, Madrid, Spain
TEL: +34-631-864-181. FAX: +34-917 -903 -895
Reply To E-mail: info.kpmg.chambers@consultant.com

Dear Friend

Request for Co-operation on a Private Business Relationship

It is obvious that this letter will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully; I am Barrister Anna Maria Gomez a Spanish Lawyer. Before I proceed, I must apologize for this spontaneous mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conservative way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. First, I must solicit your confidence in this proposal; this is by the nature of it as being utterly confidential or top secret. I have a business proposal which I believe that will be a very good opportunity for both of us, so I decided to contact you on the business.

The business is this. A deceased client of mine that shares the same last name with you, died as a result of a heart-related condition on March 12TH 2006, his heart condition was due to the lost of all members of his family during the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, which occurred in United State of America on - August 29TH, 2005, during there August holiday. He is a real estate moguls who relocated to Madrid, he died leaving behind a deposit valued of (€10,500,000.00) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros, in a Bank here in Spain, and the bank had contacted me on many occasions over the past years to present the supposed Next of kin to my late client.

This fund has lasted more than expected period in the Bank security vault, and the Bank has issued me a final notice to present the next of kin to my late client or the account will be declared unserviceable or confiscated by the Bank treasury due to the ongoing Bank reform here in Spain, So far, all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to him has proved abortive, and the bank can not release this fund unless somebody applies for it as next of kin to the account as indicated in the banking guidelines. So since I have contacted you, and you share the same last name with my client. I am actually asking for your consent to present your information to the Bank as the Next of Kin to my late client, so that the proceeds of this account can be release to you as the next of kin to my client.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried. But I am assuring you that; all the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's next of kin, I shall provide, all I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this goal. I am convinced that the intended transaction is 100% risk free, that you should not entertain any atom of fear, the fact is that I just don’t want my late client funds to be declared as unclaimed fund by the Bank management or be confiscated by the government, as a result of the new Bank reform which all the Banks in Spain will soon start to implement.

It is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you on this business, I wish to point out that I will want 10% of this money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% is shared equally between us. I will use my position as the client’s attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Upon your response, I shall provide you with more details about the transaction; also you should understand that this should be kept very confidential. However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology, or if on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further details.

Best Regards,
Barr.Anna Maria Gomz.
Reply To E-mail:kpmg.chambers@consultant.com/annamaria@vfemail.net

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