419 scam: "DAVID BARRAS LAW FIRM"<info@davidbarraslawfirm.com> BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447003901020 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +447031902999 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- davidbarraslawfirm@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- please get back to me via my personal email: (davidbarraslawfirm@gmail.com) thanks. sincerely, david barras attorneys at law david (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID BARRAS LAW FIRM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidbarraslawfirm@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 01:06:15 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU

My name is David Barras i am a lawyer and Attorneys at Law of David Barras Law Firm,LLC and I am contacting you for a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a deceased client’s account. Yes my client Mr. Robert Rice is deceased. He died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 2006 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. He was an American Oil Consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation. You can confirm his death from the website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm . I feel deeply for my client because he was a close friend and a business associate. The year before the untimely Death of him and his wife he has already lost his beloved daughter Lin Rice who was his sole surviving heir and child. As his personal lawyer after his burial the board of directors handed over to me his personal belongings and in it I found a key leading to his safe deposit box. I didn’t bother to check up on the box because i was seriously looking to any other next of kin of his or close relatives but up till now no one has showed up or contacted me as his relative or Heir. So I recently traveled to London where the safe deposit box was and I found in it some few personal items and the catchiest one was a deposit certificate of 3,100,000.00 (Three Million one Hundred Great British Pounds) in a bank in London. There was also a will and all documents of the will which i helped him prepare when he was alive, Naming his daughter as the next of kin but unfortunately she is no more. I made some investigations in the bank and i found out that the money is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of Each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it because no one knows a My proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin of the deceased so that the fruits of this man's labor will not get into the hands of some Corrupt government officials. I as his personal lawyer will make ready all the required documents that will ensure the safe release of the funds to you as the next of kin. I Will also make some amendments on the will stating you as the sole surviving next of kin to Mr. Robert Rice. This may sound surprising to you but i will like you to take a moment and consider this before making any decisions whatsoever. If you are interested please get back to me via my personal email: (davidbarraslawfirm@gmail.com) Thanks. Sincerely, David Barras Attorneys at Law David Barras Law Firm,LLC E-Mail: davidbarraslawfirm@gmail.com Alternative E-mail: davidbarraslawfirm@hotmail.com Ocean House,Calico Business Park, Sandy Way,Amington, Tamworth B77 4BF,UK Tel: +44-703 -190- 2999 Fax:+44 700 390 1020

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