419 scam: Barrister Anson <orabankinfo338@gmail.com> HELLO DEAR

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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.
- barristeranson754@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Anson <orabankinfo338@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristeranson754@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:45:37 -0700
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Dear Friend

Greetings to you and compliment of the season. My name is Barrister
Anson Brudenell, a lawyer and legal practitioner based in London, UK.
I am the personal lawyer for Engineer Francis, a native of his
country, who used to work as an expatriate at the Cheshire
Construction Company, UK. I decided to contact you due to the death of
my late client because he has the same last name as my late client.

On September 16, 2009, my client, his wife and his only daughter were
involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident on Canterbury Road, South
East England, while coming from an amusement park in Salford, North
West England. All the occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost
their lives. Since then I have made various inquiries to locate any of
his distant relatives and have been unsuccessful.

I am contacting you to help me repatriate funds valued at
Â£9,500,000.00 left in a bank in London by my late client before they
are confiscated or declared useless by the bank where this huge amount
was deposited. The paying bank in London has issued me a notice to
provide next of kin or seize my client's bank account within the next
twenty-one official business days.

Since I have been unable to locate next of kin for over 9 years, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,
as you have a similar name to my late client, so that proceeds from
this account may be paid out. to you and we will jointly invest or
split the funds. Once you accept this proposal, I will give you more
information or details. Please note that this transaction is
confidential and must be kept secret until the fund is successfully
transferred to your bank account so as not to jeopardize or sabotage
the success of this transaction.

I look forward to your urgent response indicating your full interest
in this great business transaction.

Contact email: (barristeranson754@gmail.com)

Sincerely

Lawyer Anson Brudenell
Lawyer and Solicitor
London, United Kingdom

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