419 scam: frank martins <frankmartins5168@gmail.com> With Due Respect,,,,Dear Friend

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +22890883316 (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.
- frankmartins5170@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank martins <frankmartins5168@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:48:27 +0200
Subject: With Due Respect,,,,Dear Friend

With Due Respect,

I have a proposal for you - this however is not mandory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honour against your will.I am 49, and work
with a bank utb bank Togo.

Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which
belong to a Syria national who is now late.When we discovered that
there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this
long period, I and my two other colleagues decided to carry out a
system investigation and discovered that there was no nexk of kin.

The amount is not so much at the moment plus all the accumulated
interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$ 14.5M) Contact me
through my private email for more details (frankmartins5170@yahoo.com)

We Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project. Call me
at this direct line.+228 9088 3316.

Respectfully yours,
Mr.Frank Martins.
+228 9088 3316
(frankmartins5170@yahoo.com)

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