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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • desmondeyaal@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DESMOND EYADEMA" <desmod_44eyadema@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: desmondeyaal@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:41:07 -0500
Subject: Thanks and God Bless.

Good Dady,

Is my pleasure for writing you this letter, hope you are fine? I want to use
this opportunity to introduce myself well to you, I am Desmond Gnassinbge
Eyadema the Ex Late President son of Togo, I call you in respect of my
consignment box in LONDON, which I want you to assist me and stand as my
foreign beneficiary to receive my fund over there in LONDON, this fund am
writing you about is $25.5million U.S.Dollars which my late father deposited
under Abashie Security and shipping company for I and my mother, this
consignment has been in usa for the pass three days now, My father foreign
partner Mr. Johnson Parkinson who was suppose to receive this consignment in
usa, was demanding for 50% which I and my mother did not agree on for any
reason, that was why we have to stop the delivery to him immediately, and
search for another Beneficiary who can help us on this, through my searching
I got your contact from the Ministry of Chambers and Commerce, that is why I
am contacting you to assist us on this.

I will give you 20% for the total fund involve for your assistance,because
that was the former agreement we had with our foreign partner. Mr Johnson
Parkinson before he later change is mind because of his greed that is why i
and my mother put a stop to the delivery to him , please if you willing to
help me, kindly get back to me as soon as possibe with your information
require like your passport photograph, your home address, including your
telephone number and your fax, for delivery purpose, Do reply me through my
private email address for more details: desmondeyaal@hotmail.com

Thanks and God Bless.
Yours Sincere
Desmond G.Eyadema.

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