419 scam: "Mr.Tim J W Tookey"<protocoloffice@rocketmail.com> YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY IS HIGHLY NEEDED

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "come down to london" (these scammers pretend to be based in the UK, but they are really in Africa)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Tim J W Tookey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <timtookey1960@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:21:34 -0000
Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY IS HIGHLY NEEDED

From: Mr.Tim J W Tookey
Group Finance Director of
Lloyds Banking Group
25 Gresham Street, London United Kingdom
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

I am Mr. Tim J W Tookey, the Group Finance Director of Lloyds Banking Group. I personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $10,000,000.00 [TEN MILLION DOLLARS] during our Bank's Annual Year Account Auditing.

The owner of this dormant account Late Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov who was governor of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia during 1995-2003 died in the year 2003. For more information kindly view the below

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Farkhutdinov

Since the death of the deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, the fund will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for a period of [8] year without any claims. In this regard, I need your full cooperation in transferring this money out of our bank to avoid our bank confiscating this fund.

HOW THE TRANSACTION CAN BE HANDLED: As the group finance director of our bank, all our client account details and file are in my possession and that makes it easy for me to include your name as the beneficiary of the fund and all necessary documents involving the money will be sent you.

Most importantly, you will be required to:

(1). Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.

(2). Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.

(3). at the completion of this transaction, you will be required to come down to London for the endorsement of the fund release order documents.

Note: you will be entitling to 40% of the total sum at the end of this transaction. I will also like us to invest some part of my own share of the money in your country. If you are interested in this mutual benefit, get back to me immediately you receive this letter and also furnish me with your contact details:

Kindly view my identification link:
http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about_us/directors/executive_directors.asp#timtookey

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.

Yours Truly,

Mr. Tim J W Tookey

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