419 scam: "Barrister Edmund Hillary" <office@suncor.com> RE: IMPORTANT DON'T IGNORE!!!

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- edmundhillary66@dbzmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Edmund Hillary" <office@suncor.com>
Reply-To: hillaryedmund66@gmail.com
Date: 28 Jul 2018 08:38:39 +0200
Subject: RE: IMPORTANT DON'T IGNORE!!!

Dearest one,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this
is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day.

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. It may
surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no
previous correspondence between us. My name is Barrister Edmund
Hillary. A personal Attorney to Late Mr. James.

He died along side with his immediate family during the Tsunami
Catastrophe which occurred in December 2004, since then all my
several enquiries here to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, has proved unsuccessful.

Thus I decided to search with his name through the public
records; to locate any member of his extended family hence I saw
your name. I know you may not be biologically related to him but
since you both bear the same surname, I decided to contact you to
enable us retrieve this deposit from the security company here in
Spain.

Before the catastrophe that claimed his life, he deposited One
Trunk box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure containing
$13.500.000.00(thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars Only) with a Safe keeping /finance company here in
Spain. And due to security and personal reason, the exact content
of the deposited diplomatic box was not disclosed.

The said Safe Keeping / finance company has mandated me to
present a member of his family (heir/inheritor) to make claim or
the vault will be confiscated and taken to the bureau of
Diplomatic Security as unclaimed. With regards to this, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so
that the diplomatic consignment would be released to you and the
content is further disbursed on the ratio of 50:50 between us.

All I require of you is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this transaction through. I guarantee that this transaction would
be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law. You can get across to me via Email
edmundhillary66@dbzmail.com for further clarification.

Do get back to me as well even when you are not willing to
collaborate with me so as to further my search for other partner
explanations.

Your faithfully,

Barrister Edmund Hillary.

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