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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • aliceeyadema@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alice Eyadema" <reacheyadema4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aliceeyadema01@myway.com
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:11:56 +0000
Subject: Greetings I Await your urgent response to my mail.

FROM THE DESK OF
MRS ALICE EYADEMA,
WIFE OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC
OF TOGO, WEST AFRICA.
E-MAIL;aliceeyadema@myway.com

I'm the wife of the late president of federal republic of Togo Mrs.Alice
Eyadema,whose death took place on February 2005.

Consequently my purpose of contacting you is to assit me retriev and
transfer my late husband president Gnassingbe Eyadema's deposit with the
Security Company in Ghana into your nominated bank account or company
account for safe keeping of the fund now that my husband is late for
security reasons,and Onward investment in your country.

However,this sum of US$19.7Millon was deposited with the security company in
Ghana now awaiting for claim by me and my family member,hence we contact you
for your assistance to help me provide an Account where these fund will be
transfer into now the that the eyes of Togolese government and ECOWAS
government are on us.since the death of my husband following the new
government headed by my son Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema who later handed over
to Civilian Government in accordance with the Ecowas protocol on good
governance in Republic of Togo west Africa.

Please observe with utmost confidentiality and be rest assure that this
business is 100% risk free from all international monitary law as my husband
have all the legal document with which he used to deposit this money in
Ghana are now with our family lawyer who accompany my husband to Ghana on
the day of deposit for safe keeping of all his vital document in his office
chamber as his legal advicer then.

After the arrival of these money into your Account my self with my daughter
will come over to your country for sharing of fund,Due to the political and
constitutional crisis in my country, I could not be able to deal with you
directly on phone; we can communicate each through e-mail.

I solidly seek your assistance for a transfer of this fund, so that this
money when get to your companies or private account, it will be shared
mutual via my self the owner of the account and the expenses that might
occur in this transaction.50% to me and 35% to the owner of the account
while 15% will be used for the cost expenses, you have to assure me that you
will not sit on this money when transferred into your company or private
account.

Awaiting your urgent response to my mail.

Mrs Alice Eyadema
E-MAIL;aliceeyadema@myway.com

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