419 scam: From Barrister Mikel Arafikou <i_am_godjp@yahoo.co.jp> Re,Confirm Receipt

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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:
- "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: From Barrister Mikel Arafikou <i_am_godjp@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: From Barrister Mikel Arafikou <barr.mikelarafikou@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:28:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re,Confirm Receipt

From Barrister Mikel Arafikou,

I hope this meets you in good health, may I introduce this life changing project to you. My name is Barrister Mikel Arafikou a legal practitioner and Attorney to late family of Mr. Morgan Hollingberry (British) who died in the plane crash of Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a Boeing 737-200 aircraft On 22 October 2005,20:46PM with his entire family and with no trace to any other surviving relative after my exhaustive efforts in the past 10 years.

It is based on these that I contact you, I want you to stand as my late client's next of kin/beneficiary to claim this cash deposit for the benefit of both of us. By virtue of my brief and closeness to the deceased family, I am very much aware of their financial standing, which they operated here in location I shall disclose to you as we progress which will be based on the sensitive details concerning these deposit at my disposal, which am very sure I am the only person privy to these information.

My late client was an influential wealthy Oil engineer/contractor and he left behind a substantial amount of money in multiple millions of Us Dollars with a Bank in a location/country which I can not disclose over the internet for security reasons.You are at liberty to negotiate the share ratio with me.

I will intimate you with more details soon as I receive your swift reply. Please do include your direct phone number in your response.

Once I receive it, I will call you to discuss the modalities with you.

Best Regards,

Barrister Mikel Arafikou

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