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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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 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.
  • jkofi57@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Johnson Kofi" <johnsonfi1967@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:04:17 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Attn;Sir

I am Mr.Johnson Kofi. the Personal secretary to late
Mr Peter Wilkes, an expatriate, who used to work with
shell development company Accra-Ghana.On the 21st of
April 2005, my master, his wife and their three
children were involved in a car accident along
Hillakondji Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made
several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
master's extended relatives, this has proved
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful
attempts.I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no
avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you
to assist in repartrating the money and
property,{gold} left behind by my master before they
get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the
Security company, where this huge deposits were
lodged.Particularly, Security company where the
deceased had a deposit valued at about $25 million
dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or have the deposit confisicated within the next
three official working weeks.Since I have been
unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives, I seek
your concent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased since you are from the same country so that
the proceeds of this deposit valued at $25 million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and me will
share the money, 50% to me and 40% to you,while 10%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may
require.I have all necessary deposit documents I took
out from his shelve when I heared of their death, that
can be used to back up any claim we may make.All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through.I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.You have to
assure me that you will not sit on the fund when it is
finally claimed.Please get in touch with me through my secured e-mail
:jkofi57@yahoo.com to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,
Mr.Johnson Kofi.

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