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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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Fraud email example:

From: "paul eyadema" <paul_eyadema2005@africamail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:40:18 +0200
Subject: quick assistance


ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,
It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, it is from the South Africa Information Network Online (SAINL)/South Africa Trade Center (SATC). Before I can go further, I would like to introduce myself to you.
I am Mr. PAUL KONJOO EYADEMA, the first son of the second wife of the late President GNASSINGBE EYADEMA of the Republic of Togo, West Africa. Due to the death of my Father, my half brother, FAURE EYADEMA took over as the new president with the help of the Army. The Whole family include the African Union condemned his actions and termed it a Coup and sanctions was imposed on my country, given an ultimatum to step down or face the sanctions.
The speaker of House whom was suppose to have taken over as President was unfortunately out of the Country at that time, was been used by my late father to send money out of the country through diplomatic means with the fear that he may be over thrown by coup de'tat at any time. He has done this on three occasions and among these trips, he deposited some funds amounted to US$18,500 000.00M (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) on my name in a private Security Company in South Africa. I did not disclose the contents of the box to the Security Company for security reasons.
Immediately, my brother took over as the President, he seized all documents which is in my late fathers home office but I was smart enough to have taken the documents which is in relation to the funds in South Africa and I left to Johannesburg South Africa. Right now, I am living in Johannesburg, South Africa, thinking of what to do with his money.
My aim of contacting you is to solicit for your support and assistance in seeing that we get this fund transferred into your overseas bank account after which we shall invest the funds into a profitable business and share profits. If my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this money out into your country into your overseas account, I will offer you 30% of the total fund.
If you are interested in assisting me, you are required to contact me through my email address; paul_eyadema2005@africamail.com, Or call me on my personal phone number +27 83 539 4068 On your response, I will give more clarifications on the modalities needed for the successful completion of this transaction. You need to send your private phone and fax numbers for easier communication.

Best regards,
Paul K Eyadema






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