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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2289186193 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • danjima_chambers_esq@yahoo.fr
  • danjima_chambers_esq@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: Danjima Musa <barr_danjima01@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:10:02 +1300 (NZDT)
Subject: Dear Helen Kerkman /Call Me +228 918 6193


>From Danjima Musa Esq,
Danjima Chambers & Associate,
Lome-Togo, West Africa.
Email: danjima_chambers_esq@yahoo.fr
Tel: +228 918 6193

Attention: Helen Kerkman,

Private Message

I am soliciting for your confidence in this matter, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top Secret. Though I know that a contact of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all is well.

I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this matter. I am Barrister Danjima Musa the personal Attorney to the late Mr.J.C Kerkman (Snr) an oil Merchant with the Federal Government Togo, who died some years ago in Kenya Air Bus (A310-300 Flight KQ430.(www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html).

He was Banking with Union Togolaise de Banque Lome Togo and had a closing balance as at the end of september, 2002 worth $19.5M (Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).The bank now expects the Next of Kin to come forward as beneficiary.

Efforts have been made by the Union Togolaise de Banque Lome Togo to get in touch with any of the Deceased Family or Relatives, but they have met with no success. Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and Members of the Board of directors, are making arrangement for the fund to be declared unclaimed so that they can share the money amongst themselves.

In order to avert this negative development as my deceased client being a foreigner, I decided to contact you so that you can put claim on the fund since you bear the same last name with my late client and can put claims to the account balance without any problem with my legal professional backups. Now you are to stand as the next of kin to his properties.


All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by me for this claim. I have secured from the probate an order of Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so am assuring you that this claim is 100%risk free. I will like you to comment on the percentage ratio after a successful conclussion of this transaction. In all, I will like 5% to be mapped out for expenses which we may incure during the process of this claim.

Call me upon receipt of this message after positive thinking. +228 918 6193. Reply with my private email (danjima_chambers_esq@yahoo.fr)

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Danjima Musa(SAT)








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