419 scam: "Mr.Fred Richard" <fredrichardesq1@gmail.com> ATTN BENEFICIARY

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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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "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.
- fredrichardesq1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Fred Richard" <fredrichardesq1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 12:47:50 +0100
Subject: ATTN BENEFICIARY

ATTN:Good Partner,

I am contacting with regards to this particular fund belonging to my
deceased client, I decided to contact you about this unclaimed deposit. I
am Barrister Fred Richard Esq, principal partner of Charlene Dixon &
Partners, Law Office and Notaries Public and practicing Law in South
African. I specialize in family law, will,
probate and tax saving strategies. On May 12 2010, one of my senior
clientsâ€™ Mr. Thomas Louis a Dutch Citizen, died in a plane crash that
happened in Libya. Here is a link for your view:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html?_r=1

My client stated his wife as his next of kin, but unfortunately she also
died in the crash, along with their three children. I am the executor of my
clientâ€™s will and have shared his assets and properties to his extended
family members and they have gone since December 2011.

But my client deposited the sum of $16.5 million United States Dollars in a
fixed deposit account in a bank in South Africa not known to anybody. On
January 15th 2020 the bank wrote me as his lawyer/executor to bring along
the next of kin/beneficiary of my client to inherit his funds (US$16.5m).
I have therefore decided to contact you to present you as the next of
kin/beneficiary to my client, to enable you to receive the fund on our
behalf as my clientâ€™s spouse and dependent all died in the plane crash
with him. All the documents required to
claim these funds are in my possession like the affidavit of claim, death
certificate, certificate of deposit, transfer of ownership, certificate of
inheritance etc.

I will forward to you all these documents required to claim these funds.
All I need from you is to indicate your interest to be the next of
kin/beneficiary to my dead client and I will present it to the bank. When
you receive the money in your account I will come over to your country for
the sharing as follows: 40% for you and 40% for me. 10% will go to charity
work.The remaining 10% will be set aside for expenses that will be incurred
by both parties during the course of this transfer to your account. As the
fiduciary/trusted representative
of the deceased, and as the manager of his assets, properties and financial
affairs when Mr. Thomas Louis was alive, I have absolute
duty to properly administer the estate for its beneficiary.

Thanks,
Fred Richard Esq
Principal Partner
Email: fredrichardesq1@gmail.com

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