419 scam: KATE BARON <edwardrees1960@gmail.com> PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

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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:
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "barr." (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.
- 447700304726

Fraud email example:

From: KATE BARON <edwardrees1960@gmail.com>
Reply-To: katebaron.ch@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:32:50 +0200
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

54 Doughty Street
London, WC1N 2LS
DX: 223 Chancery Lane
Tel: 44-770-030-4726
Fax: 44-87-1247-2209.

Attn. Sir/Madam,

I am the personal attorney to Robert Fitzpatrick, an American who was a
consultant with Shell UK LTD here in London, who shall be referred to as my
client, who hereinafter shall be referred to as my late client.
Unfortunately my client lost his life on Boeing Egypt Air Flight 990, which
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31st, 1999 and left no clear
beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the
deposit still with me.

All efforts by me to trace his Next of Kin and relatives have proved
abortive because he did not make any will prior to his death. Since then I
have made several inquiries to locate any of my late client's extended
relatives and this has proved unsuccessful. After my several unsuccessful
attempts to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist me in claiming the money left behind by my
late client before they get confiscated or declared unclaimed by the
security company where this huge deposit was deposited. Particularly, the
Finance Company where He had the said fund valued at Eleven Million Only
deposited has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Consequent to
this, my idea is that we can have a deal/agreement and I am going to do
this legally with your name as the true beneficiary of the amount in
question as I have all the legal documents to back our claim, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the
proceeds of this account valued at Eleven Million Only can be paid to your
account abroad, note that 40 ratio of this money will be for you, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account and 50 ratio for me, 10 ratio
will be used for the reimbursement of any expenditure we may incur in the
cause of the transaction.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law; all I need from you is your
utmost collaboration and sincerity for us to thrive in this deal. I want
you to reply to me immediately and include your direct phone number so that
we can discuss more as regards this transaction. Thank you and Please treat
this matter with the utmost confidentiality. I wait for your urgent
response.

Yours Sincerely,

Barr. Kate Baron.

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