419 scam: Barrister Tomas Jerry <balike011@gmail.com> Attention Sir.

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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:
- "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 Tomas Jerry <balike011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristertomjerry@aol.com
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:21:40 +0100
Subject: Attention Sir.

Attention Sir.

I am Barrister Tomas Jerry,I got your contact through my personal search.I
am making this contact in respect to my late client, he died in the kings
cross station underground Bomb blast in London.He is a national of Poland
but spent all his business years here in Benin Republic of west Africa. My
client is a consultant with foriegn companies on oil deal in many african
oil countries and he deposited some fund in a Security vault.

View this website for more details of the bomb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings.

Since the death of my client here, I have made enquiries to his country
embassy in order to locate any of his wife,children or relatives and
present him to the security company as his next of kin, as I am the only
person that has all the legal authority and power to provide my client next
of kin, but unfortunately all my legal enquiries failed.

The security company sent me a routine notice, notifying me that I have
little time to provide his next of kin or they will have the fund
confiscated by their authority.Since I have failed in all the enquires I
made in order to locate my clients next of kin, I have decided after
several years of thought to look for a trusted and reliable foreigner whom
I will present to the security company as my clients next of kin so that
the fund will be released to him.It is risk free and very easy to
execute,If you can be trusted and willing to stand as my clients next of
kin, let me know immediately so that I will proceed.

I assure to back you up with every documents related to this deposition, as
the security company will require them from you for confirmation, proving
that you are really the next of kin. All you need to do is to follow my
advises and directions and then leave other legal and official steps for
me.We will discuss more details as we proceed.if you have questions you may
ask.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Tomas Jerry.

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