419 scam: "Barther John"<noreply@drmsclawfirm.com> Lets get this funds before the bank declare it unserviceable.

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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- drmsclaw@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barther John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bartherjohn6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 23:24:56 -0800
Subject: Lets get this funds before the bank declare it unserviceable.

Good day Sir / Madam.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this fund valued €8,750,000.00 (Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) deposited by my client before her death.

The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury, So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to the deceased has proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to your account.

All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's next of Kin, I shall provide. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. To affirm your willingness and cooperation, please do so by replying me at my private email: (drmsclaw@gmail.com) for more details and further directives. Also drop your private/cell phone number for easy communication.

PS: Remember that 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' & other bad things happen!

Yours Faithfully:
Barther John.
drmsclaw@gmail.com

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