The "Attorney Clarke Newmano" Advance Fee Scams Being Sent by Online Scammers
The fake "Attorney Clarke Newmano" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are impersonating the real person and who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
An "Attorney Clarke Newmano" Advance-Fee Scam
Tue 12/03/2019 17:21
From: Attorney Clarke Newman
Message
I am Attorney Clarke Newman, a solicitor to a client who died due to a brief illness (Heart Attack)in 2007 and left a fixed deposit of 14.8 Million Pounds in a Bank here in the United Kingdom without leaving any next of Kin.I am writing you to seek your consent to present you as his next of kin as you both have the same last name.
What i am proposing is 100% risk free and i guarantee that you stand to make a lot of money for yourself.I have all documents to back my claim and have these funds transferred to you in less than 2 weeks and we can both split the proceeds.Kindly get back to me in receipt of this email.
Please note that you will not be required to pay for anything regarding this.
ESQ.Clarke Newman
Advocate
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