419 scam: "PETER CHRISONS CHAMBERS"<retorno@personalmailing.com.br> RE: CAN YOU BE NEXT OF KIN? GET BACK TO ME .

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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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- ",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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barrpeterlawchambers007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER CHRISONS CHAMBERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrpeterlawchambers007@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:37:35 -0800
Subject: RE: CAN YOU BE NEXT OF KIN? GET BACK TO ME .

TRAVERS PETER CHRISONS LAW CHAMBERS

BARRISTERS, ADVOCATES SOLICITORS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST;

ACCREDITTED TO COMMONWEALTH AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
OFFICE: 40 MARINA ROAD APAPA, LAGOS NIGERIA

Email; barrpeterlawchambers007@hotmail.com

FROM: BARRISTER :PETER CHRISONS.

Senior Advocate / Principal Attorney.

ATTENTION

My name is Barrister Peter Chrisons, the personal lawyer to late Captain Warren, A

national of United States of America who is a pilot and also worked with

an oil company here in Nigeria. Captain Jay Wyatt died as a result of

plane crash on the 12th of Aug, 2015 with a11 other people while heading

from an offshore oil rig to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in

Lagos.

You can read more about the crash on the website below:

http://www.ibtimes.com/helicopter-crash-lagos-nigeria-kills-american-pilot-5-others-2053423

Captain Warren made a deposit of $4,500,000.00 (Four Million, Five

Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a bank here before his untimely death. I was

the only confidant he ever had here during his time living here and his

entire family died with him on this trip. I am contacting you as his

personal family lawyer as the bank has asked me to present any of his

relatives to stand as his next of kin to inherit his fund.

All my efforts to locate any member of his family has proved abortive as

his only son whom he used as next of kin died with him too.

Now sir I am pleading for you to be presented to the bank as his next of

kin for them to release the fund to your name.

The said payment has been approved for immediate transfer to any next of

kin presented to the bank by me as his personal lawyer to your nominated

bank account.

Below is what the bank needs from you as details: reply to me via my

private mail box (barrpeterlawchambers007@hotmail.com)

(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).

Your Name in full.......................... .......

Your Address....................... ...............

Your Age...........................................

Your Cell phone....................................

Your Occupation................. ..................

Your Sex...........................................

Your ID............................................

Your bank name.......................... ..........

Please as soon as the fund is being released to your bank, we shall make

sharing of the fund as %70 for , while %30 for you, this is risky free. You are not to pay money , only what I need is for you to stand as the bona fide next of kin to my late client.

Thanks as await for your prompt reply.

BARRISTER PETER CHRISONS

Family lawyer to late Captain Warren

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