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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • douglass_mayer2@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: douglass mayer <douglass_mayer2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: douglass_mayer2@myway.com
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:27:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mr.Douglass Mayer


DOUGLASS MAYER & PARTRNERS
457 IKOTU ROAD BE KPOTA
LOME REPUBLIC OF TOGO
douglass_mayer2@myway.com

Dear Friend,

I am mr Douglass Mayer, a personal assistant to Mr Williams,who used to work as a contractor in Lome Togo.Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 30th of April 2005, my client, and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Kpalime express Road all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives,

ever since his death, the bank has asked me to provide his next of kin.I have the pleasure to contact you based on the fact that you a foreigner like him, so that you will stand as his bonafide next of kin and claim this fund valued at US$20.5 million and 150Kgs of Gold left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm (BANK) where this huge amount were deposited. The said Security Finance has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin .

I have the pleasure to contact you based on the fact that you a foreigner like him, so that you will stand as his bonafide next of kin and claim this valued at US$20.5
million and 150Kgs of Gold which he left behind. We are not allowed to operate foreign currency accounts here.

On hearing from you, I shall give you a compehensive informations of what to do as regards to this project.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law .


Best Regards.
Mr Douglass Mayer


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