419 scam: "BARRISTER DENNIS PARK $Esq$" <barristerdennispark@mail.mn> Dear Sir/Madam

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united states 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)
- "% will be for you" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "BARRISTER DENNIS PARK $Esq$" <barristerdennispark@mail.mn>
Reply-To: barristerdennispark22@mail.mn
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:55:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

Dear
Sir/Madam

Please kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to
you I believe you are a highly respected personality considering the fact that I
sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country.
Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events.

Well,
I am Barrister Dennis Park, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.
Steve, who used to work with ESSO Thailand Company Limited in Bangkok ,
Thailand . On the 21st of April 2004, his wife and their two children
were involved in a car accident
along Sukhumvit Express Road.

Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in
the event of the accident. Since then I have made several enquiries to your
Embassy to locate any of my client's relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail,
hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client in a Finance Company.Particularly, the Finance House where the deceased
deposited the US$14 Million (Fourteen United
States Dollars only).

Consequently, this Finance House issued me a
notice to provide the Next of Kin to
claim the US$14 Million (Fourteen Million United States Dollars only) in their
custody within the next ten official working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for years now, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of
Kin to him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the Finance
House.

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet
with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the
money in this order: 60% will be for me, 40% will be for you. I have all the
necessary legal documents that can back our claim we will make with the Finance
House.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Kindly
provide this below informations
1) Full name:
2) Address:
3) Telephone
number:
4) Occupation:
5) Gender:
6) Age:

Upon receipt of
this requested information's, I will file an Application of claim on your name
to the Bank presenting you as the next of kin to the deceased and as such the
beneficiary of the fund.

You are needed as a next of kin to inherit
your brother left fund
Best regards.

Barrister Dennis Park
(Esq.)

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