419 scam: Barrister Jack Dansou <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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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 Jack Dansou <balike011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bmrj001@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:49:09 +0100
Subject: Attention Sir.

Attention Sir.

I am Barrister Jack Dansou,I got your contact through my personal
search.I know this message will come to you as a surprise based on the
fact that we donâ€™t know each other.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 foreign 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,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 his
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 in as my clients next of kin, let me know immediately
so that we will proceed.if you have questions you may ask.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Jack Dansou.

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