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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • e_home_duruz@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: nwa john <nwa_johnkoffi@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:10:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: from mr johnkoffi.


Bd,Fh Boigny &Rue des Gazelles Pres
De Amassador BP3559 Akodesewa
LOME_TOGO.Tel + 228 021 66 55.
E_home_duruz@yahoo.fr


Dear ,


My name is Mr John koffi .The manager Bill and Exchange section of the foriegn remittance department , Union Togolaise de Banque (UTB ) in Lome republic of Togo , west Africa .I write to privately contact you based on a mutual beneficial transaction I have and need your kind assistance.


On January 6,2003, Mr., Fouad Abdel Ghafar Ahmed, a Foreign Consultant and contractor with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) contract award board, with its headquaters here in Lome , republic of Togo , made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$10.6M (Ten Million, Six Hundred United States Dollars Only) in my branch.


Upon maturity the bank sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank policy to his forwarding/mailing address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers (ECOWAS) that Mr., Fouad Abdel Ghafar Ahmed had died sometime ago.

On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr., Fouad Abdel Ghafar Ahmed did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This money accumulated interest which is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it and according to stated Laws, at the expiration of 7 years the money will revert to the ownership of the State (Government) if nobody applies to claim the fund. This prompted me to contact you. I want to front you as the next of kin of our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of U.S.$ 10.6 million Dollars that is presently with our bank.

I contacted you because it is against our code of ethics to own and operate foreign accounts and your assistance would be needed to claim the money and since only a foreigner like you can make a believable claim as next of kin to Mr.,Fouad Abdel Ghafar Ahmed to have this total money transfferred into any bank account you are able to provide . I decided to secretly contact you for this transaction .


I will show you how you will do everything and I must assure you that there is nothing to worry about since all methods have been prepared to successfully get this money transfferred within 14 working days .

At once this money comes into your account , you are to have 30% of the total money as your own share for your assistance . 10% of the money will be set aside to be used in paying off any expenses made during this transaction and while I am to recieve 60% of the total money when I come over to your country .

Note that because of the nature of this transaction , you and I should handle everything with topmost honesty , confidentiality and urgency it needs .Reply to me at once you get this my mail to let me inform you on how we are to proceed with this transaction .

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation and I await your early and sincere reply .


Yours faithfully ,
Mr john koffi .



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