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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: "Mme Badagnaki Eyadema" <mmebadagnakieyadema@caramail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mmebadagnakieyadema@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:35:43 +0100
Subject: SEEKING FOR HELP

Dear friend,
I got your contact after a deligent search of a foreign partner who will be of immediate assistance to us now and with hope that it will be of mutual benefit to both of us and that you will not betray me.

I am Mme Badagnaki Eyadema, one of the wifes of Togolese former President Gnassingbe Eyadema who died some months ago.I and my children have experienced much treats since Faure Gnassingbe took over the my late husband's position.Faure and his mother are not happy with me because I use to be the favourite of my late husband while he was alife and this made them to be too jealousy of me.

I have now decided to move out the sum of $4.5 million US dollars which my husband gave me for safe keeping while he was alife.I need your urgent help to transfer this fund out from here to your Country because I have fears that Faure may attack me or seize this money if he happens to know about it.

This money has been moved to Benin Republic and its now deposited in a security company.
I will give you the details of the security company so that you can arrange for the transfer of the money to your account for safe keeping and subsequently you will help me to invest this money.

I shall also give you the contact of the consultant who helped us to deposit the money in Benin Republic so that you can work with him and conclude this deal.
On receiving this money to your account,we shall give you 20% of it as your commission and 10% for any expenses you might incur.

Please note that everything about this transaction must be strictly
confidential.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Mme Badagnaki Eyadema.

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