419 scam: "Camsey Paul" <info@legalchambers.com> Good Morning

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Camsey Paul" <info@legalchambers.com>
Reply-To: camseypaulo@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:31:44 +0000
Subject: Good Morning

Dear Beneficiary

This serves to inform you on behalf of the Trustees and the Executor of THE ESTATE OF LATE SHIRLEY ANDERSON, it is my honor to notify you that late Shirley Anderson made you a beneficiary to her will. She left the sum of (Six Million Great British Pounds) for you in the codicil and last Testament to her will and gave us an instruction mandate to contact you before her death.

Being a widely travelled woman, she must have been in contact with you or your organization in the past or simply you were nominated to her by one of her numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Late Shirley Anderson until her death was an Ethical philosopher, former managing director, and pioneer staff of a giant construction company, a truly devoted Christian and lover of life.

According to her this money is to support your personal endeavors and to help the Poor and the needy. Please, if I reach you as I am hopeful. Endeavour to contact the Foundation immediately as to enable immediate execution of your portion of the bequest for earlier payout by the paying bank.

In order to process the payment, you are therefore advised to immediately reconfirm your full names as it is in your international passport, your occupation, your direct telephone number and current physical address to enable proper administering of the documents that will authorize the paying bank to payout to your designated account under the Council of elderâ€™s instruction.

Best regards,

Camsey Paul

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