419 scam: "Barr. David Ryan" <barr.david65@msn.com> From : Barr. David Ryan.

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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:
- "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. )
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "million british pounds" (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.)
- "barr." (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.
- barr.davidryan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. David Ryan" <barr.david65@msn.com>
Reply-To: <barr.davidryan@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:03:28 +0000
Subject: From : Barr. David Ryan.

Hello :

This matter is confidential and should be treated as such.

The inspiration to contact you is simply a divine providence, I am making this proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a resource person to help me realize this project.

I am Barrister David Ryan, an attorney at law and a notary public, based in London, United Kingdom. On September 2011, my client by name Ian McDougall with his wife Barb McDougall were involved in a plane crash during their tour in Papua province, Indonesia.

For the news update, you can check into the daily telegraph news website:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/australian-ian-mcdougall-killed-in-an-indonesian-plane-crash/story-e6freuy9-1226338804098#

Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you as I discovered your personal information and contacts in the Internet. To assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance and Security Company where my client lodged these huge deposits for investment.

Particularly, the Finance and Security Company where the deceased had an account valued at about twenty million British Pounds, 20.000 000 million British Pounds. Consequently, the Finance and Security Company issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for many years now, I seek for your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of the account valued at 20.000 000 million British Pounds can be paid into your account, for both of us to share the funds, in a mutual agreement of 50% to me, 50% to you.

I shall provide all the necessary legal documents that can be used to backup the claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Contact me via my personal email at : barr.davidryan@yahoo.com and attach your personal phone numbers in your reply, for further information.

Yours faithfully.
Barr. David Ryan.
3 Temple Gardens, London, EC4Y 9AU.

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