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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • eyedema200@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "eyedema john" <eyedema55@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:58:38 -0900
Subject: urgent

Dear Sir/Ma

My names 're Mr John Eyadema, the third child of Mr Gnassingbe Eyadema.
former president of Togo who died resently. It might be a surprise to you
where I got your contact address, I got your e-mail address through the Togo
chambers of commerce and industries directory , immediately after my
father's death, my elder brother Mr Faure Eyadema took over as the
president of the Republic Togo but though we are not of the same mother.

After the death of my father, my mother and I with my younger sister decided
to move out of Togo for the safety of our lives.This is because my elder
brother was seeking how to kill me and my younger sister so that he can
enrich all my father wealth,we therefore decided to move out of Togo to a
neighbourhood country for a safe of live. We took along with us the money
my father kept in the safe in my mother's house which amounted to the sum of
US$15 Million United States Dollars . The funds 're presently being kept
away in the secret vaults of a private security firm based Accra Ghana.

The officials of the firm believes they 're helping us in keeping our
personal Valuables, not realizing, that it's money.Myself and my mother have
decided to contact any reliable overseas firm/person who could assist us to
transfer this money out of Accra, because we as asylum seeker here in Ghana
cannot open a non-resident bank account through which this fund will be
channeled out to your nominated overseas account.

Awaiting your immediate responds.

Our regrads to you,

Eyadema

Reply To This Email Address Eyedema200@hotmail.com

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