419 scam: Barrister Walter Medegan <bjdansou02@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 Walter Medegan <bjdansou02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerwaltermgan@aol.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 11:54:52 +0200
Subject: Attention Sir.

Attention Sir.

I am Barrister Walter Medegan,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 Walter Medegan.

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