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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (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.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barrfakomaesqpvt@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BARRISTER FAKOLI OMAMA ESQ <esq_fakoli.barr@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: barrfakomaesqpvt@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:21:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: URGENT TREAT :


BARRISTER FAKOLI OMAMA ESQ
OMAMA CHAMBERS CONSULTANT SERVICES
PRINCIPAL PARTN
14, RUE DU BOULEVARD
LOME TOGO WEST AFRIC
EMAILTO barrfakomaesqpvt@rediffmail.com


ATTENTION PLS





Dear Jan Oort ,

I am Barrister Fakoli Omama((Esq), a solicitor at law, personal attorney to Mr.Robert Oort ,a nationality of your country, An oil consultant / contractor with the Togolaise Shell Petroleum Corporation. Here in after shall be referred to as my client .On the 25th JULY 2000, my client,his wife and their entire family unfortunately lost there lives in a concord plane crash IN PARIS FRANCE and since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my client extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name to locate any of his relatives hence I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$22.850m left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the management of the security company where this huge amount was deposited in two truck boxes under the coverage of family valuables,according to the laws of the Federal Republic of Togo Section 2 Sub-Section 5, paragraph IV states that at the expiration of good 7(SEVEN) years, any unclaimed fund shall be reverted into the escrow account of the Federal Government if nobody puts claims of ownership.

Since I have been unsuccessfully in locating the relatives for up to date, I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to my late client so that the boxes will be released and transferred to your home address as his next of kin .Therefore,on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfers as I have every necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I required is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.You are also advised to observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable to both of us as I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Thanks

Barr Fakoli Omama(Esq)
Principal Partner,
Consultant Services
#14 Rue du Boulevard,
Lome,Togo



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