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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • +2289015845 (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.
  • davislokotg147@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "davis loko" <barrister_davis_loko01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:20:45 +0000
Subject: Unclaimed Estate Of Mr. Francis Bolus

FROM HON BARRISTER DAVIS LOKO.
DAVISLOKOCHAMBERS LOME-TOGO
P.O BOX 158 RUE DE BUELAVAD LOME-TOGO
Telefax:+228 9015845

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Davis Loko (Solicitor/ Advocate) and personal/ family
Attorney to the late Mr Francis Bolus, a national of your country, who used
to be assistant financial director of chevron petroleum company plc, in Lome
Togo(West Africa), herein shall be referred to, as my client.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their two children were
involved in the Kenya Airways flight air crash with registration number
5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination in Lome-Togo capital and,
all the family died in this fatal air mishap on 21st April 2002. Ever since
then, I have made several enquries to his embassy to locate any of my client
extended relatives but this has also proved unsuccessful.

Before he died, my client has the sum of US$10.500,000.00 (Ten Million Five
Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in his private account with UTB,(UNION
TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE) here in Lome-Togo (West Africa ).Note, my client
deposited these fund before his unfortunate demise, and of which I have the
whole documents to the fund as his Attorney here in Lome Togo.Therefore i
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, since
you have the same last name with my client .

So i decided to contact you as the next of kin. For an easy communication, i
will require your private telephone numbers and, immediately start the
neccessary step that will enable you claim these stipulated fund from the
Bank, within 21 working days.Finally, every further information regarding to
this fund will be disclosed to you as soon as i confide my trust in you,
that you will never take undue advantage of the fund upon the claim of the
money from the Bank.

NOTE : Percentage terms will also be discussed with you before we proceed.

Awaiting your prompt response;
Best Regards ,
Barrister Davis Loko(Esq),
Principal Partner.

N/B::: PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW::
davislokotg147@yahoo.fr

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