419 scam: Barrister James Francisco <nm5756035@gmail.com> HELLO,

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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: Barrister James Francisco <nm5756035@gmail.com>
Reply-To: franjames836@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 18:48:14 -0700
Subject: HELLO,

Hello Friend,

Iâ€™M Barrister James Francisco, from Burkina Faso. I am sending this
brief letter to solicit your support. I have a Client who is a
Chinese, his name is Mr. Kang Taeyeon. He was a gold dealer here in
Burkina Faso before he died six years ago when he went for kidney
transplants in
his country, for over six years now it is know where to be found.

I have tried all I can to get in touch with any of his friends or
family members but no way,He deposited the sum of $5.5 Million in one
of the legence banks here in Burkina Faso.

So i want you to apply to the bank as his Business partner so that the
bank can release Mr.Kang Taeyeon fund into your bank account. I will
give you the guidelines on how to contact the bank and we have to do
this with trust because I don't want the bank to transfer the fund
into the Government treasure account as an unclaimed fund, so I need
your response if only you can handle this deal.

Warm Regards,
Barrister James Francisco.

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