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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: "CORPORATE126 CORPORATE126" <corporate126@msn.com>
Reply-To: tmbotchway@sify.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:34:25 +0000
Subject: on behalf of Gillchrist Eva and family


Dear,

I am Barrister Tomas Botchway the attorney to Hon . Gillchrist Eva, a
former Minister of Industries, Mines And Power and close confidant of
Ex-President Gnassigbe Eyadema. In October 2004, my client , Hon Gillchrist
Eva fell out of favour with Late President Gnassigbe Eyadema on his
continued inablity to conduct elections and to relinquish power after 38
years as President and the entire misrule of law in the Republic of Togo.
To this end, Gillchrist Eva and other opposition members were clamped into
detention, but by February 2005, President Eyadema died.There was succession
to throne and a palace Coup happened that enthroned his son , Faure Eyadema
as the new president of Togo.
Since the resumption of Faure Eyadema as President Of Togo the family of
Gillchrist Eva and other leading opposition members has been under
restriction of movement and that not withstanding, they are being molested,
policed and the Bank Accounts both in Togo and abroad of Gillchrist Eva has
been frozen by the Togo Government.
Furthermore, the elder son of Gillchrist Eva is in detention
for-more interrogation about his father assets and some vital
documents.
Based on the trauma Gillchrist Eva and immediate family is passing, her
wife, Mrs linda Eva mandated me with proof of Deposit Certificate to
contact you in confidence that the husband has the sum of 11.5Million
EUROS, (Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand Euros Only)which was secretly
lodged in Suitcases and deposited in a private Vault Company as materials of
Inheritance .
I therefore personally, appeal to you seriously and religiously for
your urgent assistance to move this money into your country where I believe
it will be safe since my client is still in Detention and the wife cannot
leave the country due to the restriction of movement imposed on the members
of the family by the Togolese Government.
If this request appeals to you, please forward to me your Telephone Number,
your fax number and your full names and adress to enable us send to you the
Certificate of Deposit and other relevant documents, that can help you to
claim the trunck boxes tagged material
of inheritance
Conclusively, you will at liberty to negotiate your interest in this
transaction.

Please reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity

Best Regards,
Tomas Botchway
on behalf of Gillchrist Eva and family

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