419 scam: barristertitikalu7979@gmail.com BE THE NEXT OF KIN

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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.
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_titi_kalu@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: barristertitikalu7979@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:33:19 +0000
Subject: BE THE NEXT OF KIN

Untitled form

To fill it in, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdECEe16KnXbj8sjhZNJR2-7cR4vpEPhXsArcNZdNWDe9FuhA/viewform?vc
Greetings from a friend,

I am Barrister Titi Kalu, a lawyer and solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney/sole executor to Late Eng Ford,A foreigner, who used to work with
Shell Oil Development Company In Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred
to as my client. On Saturday, 4 May, 2002, Mr Ford Died in a plane crash.
Let me refer you to the front page of BBC) World News of Saturday, 4 May
2002,). You can check it through their (website)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm

Since the death of my client in 2002, I have written several letters to
your embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom
shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all
such efforts have been to no avail. However, going by the recent
publications by the Trustee bank in which my client deposited the sum of
US$25.5M, I fear a likely winding up proceedings in the coming months. I
seek your consent therefore, to present you to the trustees as my
client's next of kin since you can claim the funds as the next of kin
to my late client so that you can help repatriate the money to your bank
account, and both of us will share the US$25.5M 50/50 each.

Respond urgently if you are interested, so I can appraise you with further
details. I assure you that I have all the requirements to execute this
claim legitimately. Reply me here: barr_titi_kalu@yahoo.com

Warmest regards,
Barrister Titi Kalu(Esq)

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