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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2289063770 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mrgregjohn@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GREG JOHN"<mrgregjohn2000@myway.com>
Reply-To: mrgregjohn@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:33:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: call me




Good day Forgive this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of exceptional and very private nature.There is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that, so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for genuine people to get attention and recognition. There is no way for me to know whether Iwill be properly understood, but it is my duty to write and reach out to you. I am Greg john a personal Assistant to late American physicist Dr Patrick Brumley An American nationality.The late physicist Dr. George Brumley Jr, 68 years old, exporterof oil and contractor with the Togo and Libyan government who died in an air crash that landed in KENYA on Saturday 19 July 2003 with all his family not leaving behind him anybody to claim his inheritance.Please i beg you veiw the following Web site to see things
your self. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html The deceased having an account value of 18 Million dollars USD (Eighteen million dollars USD) The BANK seeks a member of his family to be presented as next of kin whom can provide the evidence necessary; however multiple efforts were made by the bank to find members of his family which proved impossible; then for reasons I was contacted by the bank Since i am his personal assistant with a twenty seven days mandate to provide my late client’s next of kin otherwise the funds will be confiscated. and the money will go into the togo government account as unclaimed bills. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that any account abandoned or is dormant for a period of years,is deemed closed and all money contained therein forfeited to the government treasury account. I write to seek your help in collecting this funds. I want to present you as the next of kin to the deceased; because I have full
support of the executive Director of the bank. it was the director of the bank that gave me the information to look for someone we can present since the late mr brumley has no other person to claim the funds. this business involesmyself and the bank director but nobody know about it. All the documents and evidence necessary that the bank will require of you of course will be provided to you, which will allow that the transfer of the sum 18 million USD dollars be made to you. Once again I reassure you that this transaction is absolutely free from risk. As long as you act and work according to direction, every arrangement will occur successfully without problem. I want you to bear in mind always that i the personal assistant and the bank director will not start what we cannot finish. with your asistance we must collect thefunds. i want you to also know that any person i present as the next of kin the bank director will aprove and the bank will release the funds to that person
because i am the only person now that can provide the next of kin.so it is a quick and safe business but it must be kept very confidencial. As soon as you respond positively, of course agreement on how the sharing will be done after the transfer to your bank account has been discussed:each of us that is involed in thebusiness yourself, myself, and the bank director will get $6 million dollars each we will share equally every person gets desame share.we will all contribute equally to see thesuccess of the business. IF you have accepted to assist in the business, kindly get back to me and send your telephone number and fax and much details will be given to you on how the transaction willwork out. I await your quick replyRegardsGreg john Dirct line +228 9063770Direct email : mrgregjohn@myway.com

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