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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: "ibe eyadema" <enyadema_addo@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ibeeyadema@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:20:31 +0100
Subject: From Brown.

ATTN:
PLEASE MY DEAR TRUSTED ONE,LET THIS EMAIL NOT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE.IT IS TRUE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE NOW, EITHER PHYSICALLY OR ON THE NET. BUT I BELIEVE THIS FIRST CONTACT CAN BE THE START OF OUR FRIENDSHIP OR PARTNERSHIP IF YOU DON?T MIND.
MY FULL NAME IS MRIBE EYADEMA I WORK AND LIVE IN TOGO IN PRESIDENCIAL RESIDENCE DUE TO MY BROTHER'S POSITION AS PRESIDENT BUT NOW THAT MY BROTHER IS LATE,WE HAVE BEEN FACING SOME PROBLEMS DUE TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING HIS REGIME AND THE CURRENT INAUGURATION OF HIS SON FAURE GNASSINGBE EYADEMA AS HIS SUCCESSOR.
HE DIED ON THE 5TH OF FEBRUARY 2005,AND INSTEAD OF SUCCEEDING HIM WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT AS THE CONSTITUTION STATED, THE ARMY CHIEFS WENT AND SWORE HIS 39 YEAR OLD SON AS THE NEW PRESIDENT.SO SINCE THAT INNAUGURATION, SITUATION IN TOGO HAVE BEEN IN CHAOS.AS THE BROTHER TO THE LATE PRESIDENT AND A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN I KNOW THAT WHAT HAVE HAPPENED NOW IN OUR COUNTRY WILL LEAD TO ENDLESS CRISIS.IN DUE CASE I HAVE DECIDED TO RELOCATE TO ACCRA GHANAWITH MY FAMILY TO START A NEW LIFE.

I WAS ABLE TO STUMBLE INTO YOU AS I WAS DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR A ELIABLE,COMPETENT
AND GOD -FEARING FORIEGNER TO HELP ME PERSECUTE THE PROJECT I HAVE AT HAND. MY BROTHER HAVE SOME MONEY THAT HE DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN NIGERIA AND SOME PARTS IN EUROPE WHICH HE DICLOSED TO ME BEFORE HIS DEATH.
PLEASE I NEED A CAPABLE FOREIGNER WHO WOULD HELP ME TO CLAIM THIS MONEY FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY,AND AFTER THEN RELOCATE WITH MY FAMILY TO HIS OR HER COUNTRY BECUASE LIVING IN ACCRA GHANA IS LIKE LIVING IN TOGO AS WELL.
ALL I NEED IS A FORIEGN PARTNER. TO ACT AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY BROTHER. WITH THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE THAT MY BROTHER USED TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY,WE CAN CLAIM THE CONSIGNMENT.
AFTER SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE BUSINESS YOU WILL KEEP 25% OF THE TOTAL MONEY FOR YOURSELF ,5% WILL BE FOR THE EXPENSES THAT BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED DURING THE TRANSACTIONS,WHILE 5% FOR CHARITY, AS A MARK OF GOD?S GRATITUDE FOR THE BLESSING AND KEEP 70% FOR ME IN A SAFE CUSTODY UNTIL I TRAVEL TO MEET YOU AND INVEST MY SHARES
PLEASE FORWARD YOUR DIRECT NUMBER /FAX FOR EASIER CONTACT. I WAIT EARNESTLY TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND FOR THIS BUSINESS THROUGH THE EMAIL.

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER,
MR IBE EYADEMA.
NB: PLEASE KEEP ALL TRANSACTIONS CONFIDENTIAL

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