419 scam: =?UTF-8?B?IkFkdm9jYXRlIEpvaG4gS29mZmki?= <barristerjohnkoffi131@terra.com> (no subject)

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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 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.
- advocatejohn.koffi@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?IkFkdm9jYXRlIEpvaG4gS29mZmki?= <barristerjohnkoffi131@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

Attention: ,

My name are, Advocate= .John Koffi, a lawyer in Republic of Benin Republic. Mr.Clement., was a gol= d mertchant and also my client before his death which was a result of lung = cancer.

Now I want to present you as the next of kin, to my late cli= ent Bank management so that the money left behind by my late client will im= mediately transfer to your account through my assistance by presenting you = to the bank.

The money value of $7.5Million (Seven million five hund= red thousand united states dollars) was deposited in a bank here by my late= client, before his Death on 23 November2010.Please mail me back on this my= private email address (advocatejohn.koffi@yahoo.fr) for more explanation a= nd details.

Best regards,

Advocate John Koffi
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