419 scam: "barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com" <hkbhutani@railtelindia.com> Barr.Nick McCarthy

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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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "barr." (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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447418464519
- +4407418464519
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.
- barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com" <hkbhutani@railtelindia.com>
Reply-To: "barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com" <barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:34:39 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Barr.Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy .LLB
BROADWAY, LONDON,
SW1H 0BL, ENGLAND
Tel: +44(0)7418464519
Fax: +44(0)2031631659
Email: barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com

I am Barr.Nick McCarthy .LLB, a renowned British lawyer and for almost 25 years, I have been the personal lawyer/attorney representing Mr. Alain a private businessman in the international arena before he succumbed to a severe heart attack in 2008. My client was unfortunately single and Childless till death.

Left behind by my late client is a fortune in value of Â£14,307,000 (Fourteen million three hundred and seven Thousand pounds) which is deposited in a Bank in Spain. The bank has urged me as his legal attorney to present the beneficiary of the said fortune as he didn't mention any beneficiary to them.

After extensive research, I did not receive any helpful information about the relatives of my late client. All my efforts to reach any of his relative stood futile. I couldn't get any helpful information.

The reason I wrote you is because you have thesame last name with my late client. Since my efforts to locate any relative of my late client stood futile, I need your consent and cooperation to present you as the beneficiary of my late client to the bank. I herein, propose that you help retrieve this fund from the bank subject to the division state of 40% percent of the share for you, and 40% percent for me. 15% percent will be donated to charitable organizations, while 5% percent will be set aside for reasonable expenses.

All necessary documents which include my clients death certificate, the deposit slip, Capital release order from the Spanish Minsterio de la Justicia, Certificate of entitlement and other documents related, will be secured by me in order thus to avoid questions from the bank. These are supposedly the required and certified documents which are legally needed for the procedure. The fund has no criminal origin of any kind. I assure you that if you follow my instructions properly, this proposed transactions will be carried out properly without complications, the money transfer will be completed in accordance with law. All I need from you is your trust and good cooperation.

Please contact me via my private telephone number: +447418464519 and My personal e-mail address: barr.nickmccarthy@gmail.com
I strongly assure you that everything is legal. I will use my discretion as an experienced British attorney to back up the whole event regarding this transaction. I await your swift response to enable proceedings.

Sincerely yours

Barr. Nick McCarthy. Esq.LLB

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