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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:
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  • johnemes@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: John Emes <johnemes2000@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:09:14 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GET IN TOUCH WITH ME// J.L.Zwart


FROM JOHN EMES
BANQUE INTERNATIONAL DU AFRIQUE
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
LOME TOGO.
TEL:00228-9364113

Urgent Attention,

I am Mr.John Emes,the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of BANQUE INTERNATIONAL DU AFRIQUE,Lome Togo in west Africa with due respect and regards.
I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.During our investigation and audting in this bank,my department came across an abandoned sum of $10.5m US dollars(Ten million Five hundred thousand US dollars.)In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in Dec. 2003 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death,we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this fund to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for five years,it will be forfeited to the Bank Treasury as an unclaimed bill.

A Togolaise cannot stand as the next of Kin to a foreigner.It is upon this discovery that I as the director in charge of auditing Department decided to contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund.This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust to the bank and also present a foreign account where you will need the money to be re-transfered.I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100%risk free.

You have been adviced to keep top secret as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal .I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account.And ask me to come down to your country for subseque sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment either in your country or any country you advice me to invest inn.
If you agree that 40%of this money will be for you as foreign partner,in respect to the provision of a foreign account,10%will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 40%would be for me as i am not a greedy person.There after I will visit your country for disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated.Upon receipt of your reply,I will send to you the text of the application.This transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.This transaction will only take a maximum of 14 bank working days.
Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive response.
You can also get me at johnemes@hotmail.com for more details.

Thank's,
Mr.John Emes.


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