419 scam: "I am Brian"<brianmackenzie076@gmail.com> Inheritance Claim

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- brianmackenzie076@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "I am Brian"<brianmackenzie076@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:40:22 +0200
Subject: Inheritance Claim

Dear
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I am Brian Mackenzie- Chief Executive Officer of the Prudential Regulation=
Authority, lloyds tsb bank.Your Ugent ATTENTION is needed, I am contactin=
g you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed with our b=
ank management five years ago. The content of this communication has to be =
treated with utmost confidentiality, to avoid unnecessary complications, I =
contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of =
this communication, I would like to intimate you about certain facts that I=
believe would be of interest to you. In 2009, the subject matter,came to o=
ur bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division=
.I could not understand why the Client had not come forward to claim his de=
posit. I made futile efforts to locate the Client. I immediately passed the=
task of locating him to the internal investigations department of Bristol =
& West. Four days later, information trickled in, apparently our client was=
dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart att=
ack in Cannes, South of France.
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As part of our duty, we made effort to identify him, and confirmed the new=
s about his death. The bank immediately launched an investigation into poss=
ible surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also to come fo=
rward to claim his estate. If you are familiar with private banking affairs=
, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some =
levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he =
listed no next of kin.We discover you share the same last name with our lat=
e Clenit, Email us On brianmackenzie076@gmail.com For your INHERITANCE cla=
im
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wait for your swift responds.
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Regards,
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Brian Mackenzie

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