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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)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • tochi_johnson2002@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TOCHI JOHNSON" <tochijohnson71763@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:04:48 -0700
Subject: Reply/Call me on +229-93484025


Dear friend,


In order to transfer out (USD16.6 MILLION) United States Dollars) from BANK
OF AFRICA .I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this
important and confidential business believing that you will never let me
down. My Name is Tochi Johnson, Position Auditing Department Office BANK OF
AFRICA herein Benin Republic. there is an account opened in this bank in
1982 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit
this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this
account is a foreigner, and he was a miner at CIVOTTGOLD MINNING SARL. and
he was a Geologist by profession and he died since 1992 in plane crash.


No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary or next of kin and my investigation proved
to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and
the amount involved is (USD 16.6 M) United States Dollars).I want to
transfer the [USD16.6 M] United States Dollars into a safe foreigners
partner abroad , but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as
a foreigner because this money can not be approved to any africa person
here, but can only be approved to any foreign person because the money is in
us dollars and the former owner of the account is a foreigner too.


I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourselves before,but be sure that it is real and agenuine business.You are
the only person that I have contacted in this business,so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also
your private telephone and fax number . I want us to meet face to face or
sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this
money in your country in cash through our diplomat that we used to air lift
funds to shell and chevron oil companies in europe and america. I will fly
to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments after you
have confirmed the money in to your account,I am contacting you because of
the need to involve a foreigner with foreign foreign address as beneficiary.



I need your full co-operation tomake this work fine because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this fund, which I willgive to you later immediately, if you
are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and
trust according to my instructionsand advice for our mutual benefit because
this opportunity will never comeagain in my life.


I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake
I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I
can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable person, intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing. and I want to remaind you
that your share has been carculated at 35% of the total sum and 5 will map
out for the transfer expenses .Iwaiting for your urgent reply so that I will
give you more informations about this transaction on how you can receive
this money in your country.if this proposal are well understood and ready to
proceed further with me provide me your information's immediately.



This will help me to start the process of this operation.Contact me via my
this Email:

tochi_johnson2002@yahoo.it

Best Regard.

Mr.Tochi Johnson

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