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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • toure_chambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kaplan williams" <kaplanwilliams11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kaplanwilliams@katamail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:44:07 +0000
Subject: CONTACT ME (BARRISTER KAPLAN)




FROM:KAPLAN WILLIAMS (ESQ)
TOURE CHAMBERS.
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
17TH JUNE 2006

ATTN: SIR

I am Barrister Kaplan Williams a Solicitor. I am the personal attorney and
legal representative to Late Mr. J.G VISSER, a national of your country who
resides and does business here in republic of Ghana and owned (J.G VISSER
Jewelleries Investment Sarl)

On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their children were
involved in a car accident along Lome Togo express road. Unfortunately, they
all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then, I have made
several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace a reliable
person over the internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail,
hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client in security finance firm here in Ghana. Particularly, the security
finance firm where the deceased deposited the two trunk boxes containing
$6.5 million (six million five hundred thousand united states dollars only)
and (45,550 carat diamond, 5400 pounce gold) does not know the content of
the two trunk boxes deposited with them.
Consequently, the security finance firm issued me a notice to provide the
"Next of kin" to claim the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next
ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased
to claim the two trunk boxes since you are from the same country and share
the same last name, so that the two trunk boxes can be delivered to you by
the security finance firm.
Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to
meet with you for the disbursement of the fund, and then you and I can share
the money 60% to me and 40% to you. I have all necessary legal documents
that can back up any claim we make with the security finance firm.

All I require is your honest co- operations to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me on this email address: toure_chambers@yahoo.com


Best regards
Barrister Kaplan Williams

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