419 scam: kofi amadu <kofiamadu1@gmail.com> our Urgent Is Needed

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "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)
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- dr.kofiamadu@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kofi amadu <kofiamadu1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:41:34 +0000
Subject: our Urgent Is Needed

From Dr Kofi Amadu
Banque Atlantique Lome Togo
Audit Dept.

My Dear Friend,Y

I am contacting you in regards to a transfer of sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will
be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency
of this transaction.

I discovered an abandant sum of $7.5M(Seven Million Five Hundred thousand
United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of
his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money
as the heritier. I cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines.Upon this discovery,

I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the
funds $11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) to
be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may interest
you to note that I have secured from the probate an order of madamus to
locate any of deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. I shall be compensating you with $4.6 Million Dollars on final
conclusion of this project, while the rest $6.9Million shall be for me.
Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for me for investment
purposes in your country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.Please reply in
this my alternative email address only (dr.kofiamadu@rocketmail.com) for
confidential reasons.

Regards,
Yours faithfully,
Dr Kofi Amadu.

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