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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: theo_eyadema@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:27:51 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=20REQUEST=20FOR=20ASSISTANCE=20FROM=20THEOPHILOUS=20EYADEMA?=

FROM THEOPHILOS GNASSINGBE EYADEMA.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.


ATTN:PRESIDENT/CEO

MY NAME IS THEOPHILOUS, THE FOURTH SON TO THE LATE GNASSINGBE EYADEMA THPRESIDENT
OF THE FEDERAL REPULBULIC OF TOGO, MY DEAR FATHER DIED 5TH OF FEBRAURY 2005.

AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH HIS FILES I STUMBLE
ON A DOCUMENT, ADDRESSED TO MY ELDER BROTHER(FAURE GNASSINGBE EYADEMA) WHO
IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF MY COUNTRY STATING THE EXISTENCE OF $25,000,000
MILLION US DOLLAR, DEPOSITED IN A FINANCE AND SECURITY TRUST FIRM IN OVERSEA.AS
PERSONAL EFFECT (FOR SECURITY REASON) IN ONE OF HIS RECENT TRIP TO ABROAD.PRESENTLY
I AM NOT IN MY COUNTRY, I AM IN ONE WEST AFRICA COUNTRY,BUT VERY SOON I
WILL MOVE TO ABROAD.

ACTUALLY MY REASON OF CONTACTING YOU IS FOR YOU TO ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING
THE FUNDS FROM THE FINANCE SECURITY TRUST FIRM IN OVERSEA AS MY LATE FATHER'S
BUSINESS PARTNER ABROAD.

WHERE I AM NOW, THE LAWS DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO OPERATE A BANK ACCOUNT AND
ALSO MY MOVEMENT IS RETRICTED AS POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKER, YOU ARE ENTITLED
20% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND I WILL LIKE TO INVEST PARTOF
MY MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY INTO PROPERTIES,I WILL ALSO WANT YOU TO TREAT
THIS BUSINESS AS CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT, PLEASE ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD YOU
DISCLOSE THIS BUSINESS TO ANYBODY BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT MY ELDER BROTHER
TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

I WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME BY CONTACTING ME
IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESSE:theo_eyadema@uymail.com,SO
THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THE DETAILS, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER IS ALSO
NEEDED FOR SWIFT COMMUNICATION. I ALSO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS
IS 100% RISK FREE BECAUSE THE FUNDS BELONG TO MY LATE FATHER.

AWAITING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
THEOPHILOS G.EYADEMA.















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