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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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Fraud email example:

From: Gnassingbe Eyadema <mrsgeyadema@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:00:19 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Mrs. Gnassingbe Eyadema Ettienne.


Dear beloving,

Good day to you and how are you doing today? Hope with the special grace of God all is well. It’s a pleasure to me writing you this few words,please read carefully with understand of all that is been noted down and as you read on may God almighty who passeth all understand inspire you the more.

My name is Mrs. Gnassingbe Eyadema Ettienne I got married to late president Gnassingbe Eyadema Ettienne of Togo in the year Nineteen eighty four and by the grace of God I bared him two children before his untimely death as a result of illness (I pray that his soul rest in peace). I was the last wife to late president Gnassingbe Eyadema Ettienne and I found favour in his sight, he draw me close and made known to me most of his day by day activities but above all he showed love to my kids and I though I was not living at the presidential palace but my husband built a house for my kids and I at the capital city (lome) were he do visit us always. My husband in the year two thousand and three made a deposition of (19,600.0000)eighteen million six hundred thousand united state dollars with a security and safe deposit company at Abidjan cote d’ Ivoire through his special guard on my behalf, this money was specially packaged in a diplomatic metallic trunk box and was made known
to the security and safe deposit company as gold dust belonging to the foreign associate of the depositor of which my name and signature was giving. My husband made this deposit for me and our two children telling me that it’s for the future of my children and I in case of his absence on earth, my husband also made me vow to him concerning the money saying that I am not to utilize it unless after his absence on earth and in respect of the utilization of the money my husband reached an agreement with the security and safe deposit company that the gold dust in the diplomatic metallic trunk box should not in any case be realised to me without the concern of a foreign associate of which no name was mentioned.

My purpose of asking for your assistance boil down to the fact that I don't want my late husband's family to be aware or name involve. and the deposit statement of the box authorized the company to make this box avaliablefor shipment on request only to my foreign bussiness representative, though unname.Hence I want you to contact the the security company as my bussiness partner, after receiving the prove from me to enable the company release the consigment to you diplomatically, while I join you on the arrival of the box.

I have recently paid all demurrage ,storage charges and the shipment fee,all you need do is to help me contact the security company and introduce yourself as my bussiness eartner ,requesting the shipment of the box.

And as soon as Diplomatic shipping agent approved the shipment and tell you the arrival date of the box then I will join you to give you 20% of the money instantly before I go on with the proposed investment in your domain provided is secured and investment friendly.Please if you are interested and willing to represent me as my bussiness partner kindly write me as soon as
possible.

I await your urgent response.
Best wishes,
Mrs. Gnassingbe Eyadema Ettienne.
Please contact me through this email




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