419 scam: "Barr.Pedro Alberto Sanchez" <f.willjr01@gmail.com> Barrister Pedro Alberto Sanchez

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Pedro Alberto Sanchez" <f.willjr01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pedroalbertosanchez19@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:31:27 +0100
Subject: Barrister Pedro Alberto Sanchez

Good day,

Greetings to you. It is understandable if you get apprehensive upon
reading my solicitation letter to you today, as we have never met or
had any previous contact prior to this. However, I plead your sincere
attention and indulgence in this subject matter which will certainly
be mutually beneficial to both parties.I am Barr.Pedro Alberto
Sanchez, a seasoned and well experienced legal practitioner and the
Managing Partner for one of the leading law firms in Spain; we are
experts in corporate and legal claims. I am pleased to get across to
you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal which I believe
will profit the both of us after completion. I contacted you after
going through your profile that you might be capable of handling this
business transaction without betrayal.

I am contacting you because of a confidential client of mine whose
name is Roger Ian Wright, a US businessman, founder of a Sao
Paulo-based investment company and Owner of ENGEN OIL AND GAS COMPANY
LTD, who made a fixed deposit with a bank in January 2009 for 36
calendar months, valued at (US$ 15,000,000) Fifteen Million United
State Dollars Only, with an interest rate of 7%. The due date for this
deposit contract was the 2nd of April 2012, Mr. Roger Ian Wright, his
wife and his two children all died in a plane crash in Sao Paulo
Brazil.

You can find below the links pertaining to this accident

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/5378093/British-family-killed-in-Brazilian-air-crash.html

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/103213/Four-generations-of-family-die-in-plane-crash

All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless, My position as
his confidential lawyer for this transaction requires me to
investigate and provide the Next of Kin as he died with his entire
family in the unfortunate air crash. According to Spanish Law the
money will be reverted to the ownership of the government after 12
years if nobody applies to claim the fund, To prevent this from
happening I have decided to seek your assistance to have you stand as
his Business Associate so that the said fund (US$ 15 Million USD, and
interests accrued) would be released in your name as the next of kin
and paid into your account, All documents and proof that will have you
claim this funds without hitches will be forwarded to you upon your
response to this mail.

Your immediate response will be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Barr.Pedro Alberto Sanchez

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