419 scam: "FYI" <jiri.najman@greep.cz> FYI

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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:
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- rc.esq@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FYI" <jiri.najman@greep.cz>
Reply-To: rc.esq1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 10:47:01 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FYI

Russell-Cooke LLP.
8 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4BX, ENGLAND.
Telephone:

Sequel to the arrest and subsequent interrogation of our client -Mrs
Deziani Alison Madueke,Nigerian former petroleum minister by the London
metropolitan police,the following situation has arisen:
1:Our client has instructed that her funds totaling GBP450,000,000.00
(four hundred and fifty million British Pounds Sterling) only and
presently deposited in a finance and security company in central London
should be moved out of the United Kingdom to a safe destination abroad in
tranches of GBP15,000,000.00 (fifteen million British Pounds Sterling)
only.

2:The funds should only be moved using diplomatic baggage handlers to
avoid any form of trace or checks by security operatives while the fund is
couriered en-route its destination.

3:You are mandated to receive and take custody of the fund outside the
banking system in your country .

4:As a compensation for your efforts,you will receive ten percent of the
amount delivered to you .When things eventually normalize,you will also be
required to manage the funds in your country on behalf of our client in
the best investment options available to you.

5:Please get back to me now if you are capable and willing to take up this
responsibility,otherwise,please delete and do not distribute.Our mandate
is urgent and we do not have time to waste as every hour counts.

Thank you for your time.
Yours truly,
Russell Cooke, Esq.
(Principal Partner & Head of Chambers)

Associates:
James Sinclair Taylor,. Mary Cheves,Alison Regan,Keiran Bowe, Richard
Frimston,Rita Bhargava.

Russell-Cooke LLP.
8 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4BX, ENGLAND.
Telephone:

Sequel to the arrest and subsequent interrogation of our client -Mrs
Deziani Alison Madueke,Nigerian former petroleum minister by the London
metropolitan police,the following situation has arisen:
1:Our client has instructed that her funds totaling GBP450,000,000.00
(four hundred and fifty million British Pounds Sterling) only and
presently deposited in a finance and security company in central London
should be moved out of the United Kingdom to a safe destination abroad in
tranches of GBP15,000,000.00 (fifteen million British Pounds Sterling)
only.

2:The funds should only be moved using diplomatic baggage handlers to
avoid any form of trace or checks by security operatives while the fund is
couriered en-route its destination.

3:You are mandated to receive and take custody of the fund outside the
banking system in your country .

4:As a compensation for your efforts,you will receive ten percent of the
amount delivered to you .When things eventually normalize,you will also be
required to manage the funds in your country on behalf of our client in
the best investment options available to you.

5:Please get back to me now if you are capable and willing to take up this
responsibility,otherwise,please delete and do not distribute.Our mandate
is urgent and we do not have time to waste as every hour counts.

Thank you for your time.
Yours truly,
Russell Cooke, Esq.

EMAIL:rc.esq@hotmail.com

(Principal Partner & Head of Chambers)

Associates:
James Sinclair Taylor,. Mary Cheves,Alison Regan,Keiran Bowe, Richard
Frimston,Rita Bhargava.

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