419 scam: "Barrister Robert"<info@vtdstar.com> RE:Barrister Robert

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "million 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)
- "barrister" (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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Robert" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oneonone1945@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:51:28 -0800
Subject: RE:Barrister Robert

Good Day,

I am Barrister Robert and I would like to inform you of a business/deal worth £150,000,000.00( One Hundred and Fifty Million Pounds Sterling) , which is equivalents to about $187,000,000 (One hundred and eighty seven million united states dollars) which was left in an account overseas by my late client and I would want you to be the beneficiary of the funds so that we can both share the funds Equally, its unfortunate that I can not claim these funds myself without a neutral person, because it will look suspicious for me to claim the funds as the lawyer of the deceased, so for this reason I need a sincere person who I can present to the bank as the beneficiary of the funds because whatever I tell the bank is what they will believe. Trust me, as I will make this legal, so you do not need to entertain any fear or panic for any reason.

This is an opportunity for us to become rich.

I will tell you more once you get back to me by confirming your readiness to proceed with me on this deal but I will protect my personality for now.

Regards
Robert.

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