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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:

• 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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • frankkoffind3n@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frankkoffind4n@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:21:01 +0300
Subject: VERY URGENT PLEASE.



Dear Friend,

 

Please, may I use this opportunity to ask for your wisdom,
understanding and attention to this mail of mine. I do also ask you to
not in any way regard this mail as one of the junk mails. You would
have received this letter long ago, but I was considerring the fact
that we have not met each other before, and wonders what would be your
mind to read such message from an unknown person.  Infact, this has
given me alot of worrisome before I courageously decided to propose
you on this venture.

 

I sincerely come in good faith to you, with atmost assurance that you
will never regret given your attention to this mail at the end of the
day. I am " Mr Frank Koffi". The manager Credit and Account
Department  of Apex Global Trust and Finance Security Company"AGTFSC"
Lome Togo.

 

I am writing in a respect of an unclaimed deposit belonging to a
foreigner, Late Mr. Arthur Smith of America, with account
#AGTFSC/1001/44986-00/tg. Who was among the seven(7) American victims
of 12th October 2002 Bali Bombing, out of 202 fatalities. To confirm
the incident click this site below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_bali_bombing

 

Since, the demise of Smith, I personally havewatched with kin interest
to see any next of kin or beneficiary to this deposit but no one has
come up for the claim of
usd$14.5m(fourteen million, five hundred thousand united states
dollars) and has
being in our security vault for a very long time. On this note, I
decided to seek for your noble assistance to help me come for the
release and transfer of this fund into any of your nominated bank
account abroad. In the sense to make you the beneficiary to this
unclaimed deposit. As  no one both friends and relatives has come up
as the next of kin to this deposit and our banking ethnics here does
not allow such deposit to  stay more than Five years, because after
Fiveyears the money will be confiscated into the nation's treasury as
an unclaimed deposit.

 

In view of this, I got your contact during my thorough search for
reliable partner, who will not takes an advantage of my active service
with the security compnay, after which I was convinced of your person
to move this transaction with you as a foreigner. The request of the
foreigner as a next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact
that, the customer was a foreigner and a togolaise can not stand as
the next of kin to a foreigner. I have agreed to share this money with
you in the mutual understanding of  65%/35%. You keep 35% while I
keep 65%, How about that? Thereafter I will visit your country for
mutual sharing between both of us. Bear in mind also that i would like
to invest my own part of the share in your country. As i am almost due
for retirement. For us to proceed towards this transaction, you have
to send anapplication text to the security company as the next of kin
to their deceased customer.

 

I will send to you a text of application which you shall re-type and
send to the finance house, Upon your response to this mail. I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that
you should not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangment has
been perfected for the successfull claim and transfer of this fund.
 
Don't forget to keep this transaction a top confidential until we
achieve our goal.  
Waiting for your positive response to my this email:
frankkoffind3n@yahoo.co.uk


Best Regards,
Mr. Frank Koffi.

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