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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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "@diplomats.com" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • jacobsudodi@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Erik Koofi <erikoofi03@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: erik.koofi@lawyer.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:04:13 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Fund Transfer (Reply Immediately)



Mr Jacobs Udodi Chief Auditor .
Bank of Africa Head office Corporate
Audit Department. 06 BP 1409 dpakpa godomey,
Lome Togo Republic.

Date:12/8/2008.
 
Dear Friend ,
 
My name is Mr Jacobs Udodi, an audit officer in Africa Bank LOME TOGO. I am writing to you following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
 
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of 5.5 Million Euros (Five Million Five Hundred thousand Euros) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers Late (Engineer.G.J.W.M Keizer). who unfortunately lost his life on a TAM airlines commercial jet crashed in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 and burst into flames after skidding off a runway and barreling across a busy highway. All 176 people on board were feared dead in what would be Brazil's deadliest air disaster, and at least 15 were killed on the ground.You can read more about the crash by visiting this site which I got during my investigation, please try to go through the site. 
http://chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-07/18/content_5438453.htmhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070718/GAL-07Jul18-81840/index .html
 
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives 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. Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only adopted daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it.
 
We don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill,because our banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed before the middle of this year,the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds. We agreed that some % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for my colleagues and me. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your hands and please be honest with me.

 
This transaction is confidential and as soon as you receive this message, you should contact me immediately and please note that all necessary arrangement for smooth release of these funds to your bank account has been finalized.  The board of directors of this bank and the Government of Togo will confiscate this account and thereby declear the fund a lost money without claim by the middle of this year,citing the non operational of the dormant account since the death of late (Engineer.G.J.W.M Keizer). I therefore seek your consent to present you here as the Next of Kin to the deceased since you are at an advantage to receive these money,being a foreigner.
 
We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response and call me on +228 069-8675 after sending an email to my private email address:
 
Thanks and waiting for your urgent response.
 
Regards,
 
Mr Jacobs Udodi.
Reply to this private email address: jacobsudodi@diplomats.com


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