419 scam: "Koffi Annan"<boris@kerama.zsttk.net> ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?CASE FILE:54AC003.

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- revsmith006@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Koffi Annan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revsmith006@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:00:39 -0300
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?CASE FILE:54AC003.

Dear Beneficiary,

Your credit payment file have been added and opened.

We received an email that you are Dead and you asked one Mr. William Thomson to come and claim your funds related to your compensation funds $750,000.00 United State Dollars that has been with us since two weeks now and he has also agreed to pay for the fund release charges of US$150.

So I am writing you to know if you are DEAD OR ALIVE, if you do not reply back before 48hrs we will have no other alternative than to believe that you are truly dead according to Mr. Williams Thomsom then we will start the transfer and the delivery of your funds to your next of kin account which he claim to be, And if you are still alive you can get back to me as fast as you can or you can call me on my phone take note that every thing has been paid for it is just for the fund release fee that this Mr. Williams Thomson has agreed to pay for, if you refuse to get back to us am afraid we shall give the fund transfer to him and collect the money from him that means that he is right that you are dead and you asked him to come and claim the funds on your behalf.

NOTE: he has drop is account details and his home address for wire transfer and delivery of funds into is account and delivery of the International ATM card and he promise to make the neccessary payment.i just wrote to confirm cause i am suspicious with Mr.williams behavior cause he want us to start the transfer and the delivery fast.

Please you should know that you are to kindly notify me if you are still alive and ready to claim your winning funds and also Let us know if you are willing to pay the needed Charges US$150. Send down an attached to this Message with your I.D card Copy in order for us to know that you are alive and kicking.

The only money you will send to the agent to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($150USD) Dollars only being fund release fee of the compensation Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $150USDollars.

Therefore, i would advise you to contact Reverend Smith Larry for assistance and inform him that your CASE FILE is 54AC003. Contact him directly via the information below.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION AWARD PROGRAM
Name : Reverend Smith Larry
Email: revsmith006@yahoo.com.hk
Phone: 009234-70288-32568

You can send him a fax or kindly scan and email it to him together with your details.

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them because it is not with them. They are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

Once again stop contacting those people. I advise that you contact Reverend Smith Larry so that he can help you in the collection of your transfer payment instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Please you are advice to stop all further Contact from any body you have been dealing with regarding any Transaction.Please take note that you have been given just 48hrs to get back to us so that we can know if you are alive, and fill the Information Below.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Country:
House Address:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Marital Status:

Beside if you fail to comply with the needed $150 US Dollars required there’s no way we can delivery the bank draft and the International ATM card to your country.

Looking forward to hearing from you if you are still very much alive,We await your swift response in regard to this news we received from Mr. Williams Thomson.

Thanks. God Loves and Bless you and your family.

Hope to contact the F.H.C.D soon.

Your's Faithfully,
Koffi Annan
FORMER UN SECRETARY GENERAL

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