419 scam: "Mr William Mokoena"<maju2@rocketmail.com> Kindly Return Back To Me With Your Reply

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "million united state 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)
- "million us 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- b.julu@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr William Mokoena" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <puku1@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:00:59 +0100
Subject: Kindly Return Back To Me With Your Reply

Honesty and Trust

Dear Friend,

Firstly, not to cause you embarrassment, I am Barrister MR. WILLIAM MOKOENA, a Solicitor at law and the personal attorney to named GERALD WELSH who died in an air crash along with his wife (CARYL WELSH) on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since his death, none of his relations or persons have come forward to lay claims to his funds as next-of-kin, and on my own I have made concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all prove abortive, which makes me to believe that maybe nobody of his knows that he was operating this foreign account with financial firm here. Based on the ethics and policies of the Deposit holding firm, this fund will be declared unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury of the bank as capital base of the bank, because already the account has been tagged dormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number of years.

In spite of the above please do bear in mind that l have made several enquiries with his country's embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you with this business partnership proposal. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating a huge amount of money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance firm where this huge deposit was lodged.

The deceased had a deposit valued presently at $25million (Twenty-Five Million United State Dollars) and the Company has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or Beneficiary by will otherwise have the account confiscated within the next sixty official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $25 Million US dollars can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

And please provide me the following: This is to enable me commence immediate preparation of all legal documents that will back up our claim.

1. Full Name:
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Best regards,

Mr William Mokoena Esq.
Private Email: b.julu@rocketmail.com
Law Society of the Westhern Provinces,
No 18, Herbert Macaulay Street,
Alagomeji Yaba, Lagos.

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