419 scam: "Barr.Peter Perry." <info@peterperry.com> Urgent Response Needed.

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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.
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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "can i trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- peterperry709@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.Peter Perry." <info@peterperry.com>
Reply-To: peterperry709@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 15:46:59 -0800
Subject: Urgent Response Needed.

My name is Barr.Peter Perry legal practitioner, sincerely I would like to have a business relationship with you and the crux of this message is that I have a deceased client from your country, he was a consultant to Chevron Company here in my country who bears the same last name as you. Unfortunately he and his wife lost their lives in an auto crash in Accra Ghana in April 2019 and since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of their extended relatives, but all efforts made were to no avail.

After several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of their extended relatives, I decided to contact you since your bear the same last name with my late client, therefore my proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin to my late client and also stand as the beneficiary of his proceeds in one of the finance institute since you shares the same last name with him.

This means that the proceeds of his save deposit would be paid to you as his next of kin and the legitimate beneficiary for the both of us to share it mutually, the money deposited in the account is to be declared UN-serviceable and confiscated by the bank as there is no indicated next of kin.

The total amount of money deposited by my deceased client is $14.7M (Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which he confided in me when he was alive, since they are married without a child and of age to their death.

Now, the bank has issued to me a notification letter to contact the next of kin to my deceased client to either make claim as beneficiary of the save deposit, or to re-activate the period of deposit with a monthly surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the deposit.

All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me but I want to be sure of something; CAN I TRUST YOU? Knowing that it is my sincere wish to use this transaction as a tool to establish an enduring relationship with you which will be inherited and reaped by our posterity, so if you assure me of your trust I will tell you more details as we progress.

Be informed that this would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect both parties from any breach of the law.

I wait for your reponse.

FINALLY, REPLY STRICTLY ONLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: (peterperry709@gmail.com)

Best regards,
Barr.Peter Perry.

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