419 scam: "Barrister Richards Patrick"<barichardlaw@mail.mn> Exclusively For you Please

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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 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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barrichardlaw@mail.mn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Richards Patrick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrichardlaw@mail.mn>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:15:17 +0800
Subject: Exclusively For you Please

Richards Pjb Law Chamber
Datuk Mohd Musa,
94300 Kota Sarawak,Malaysia.

Exclusively for you Please,

I am Barrister Richards Patrick Brain (RJB) an attorney at law in Sarawak Malaysia, There is a foreign late client of mine he was into a road contractor engineer in my country for so many years.

l was his local representative attorney in my country. unfortunately this my late client died of a high blood pleasure because the wife and the only son dead of Tsunami earthquake in Thailand when they were on vacation.This my late client leave behind a deposit valued (28, 000, 000. 00) Twenty Eight Million Dollarss in a bank here in my country.

As the local attorney the bank had issued me a letter to present any beneficiary relative next of kin to claim the fund before it became unclaimed fund. As you must know l cannot claim the fund on my own. This is my reason of seeking your consent to be my foreign partner and I will present your name to the bank as the foreign relative next of kin that l know to receive the fund.

Actually we do not know ourselves before but due to the urgency and important of this DEAL I decide to search the online for any foreign person who can do this business with me, this is how l got your contact. Do understand as the local attorney l will use my position to make sure the fund is been transfer to you legally without any risk involved, and you will have %45 And I will have %45 while the %10 will be set aside for any government taxes in your country.

Note: the fund will be transfer to you under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us and the fund from any breach of the law. If you are interested please respond to this my personal email for urgency: Email : barrichardlaw@mail.mn

Best Regards,
Richards P.JB.
Attorney at Law.

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