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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: "Desmond Eyadema" <desmond_deeeem02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: desmond_dema01@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:33:06 +0000
Subject: Hello respond to your mail

Good Day,
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 EYADEMA, The
Ex late PRESIDENT SON OF TOGO, I call you in respect of my consignment box
in NEW YORK, which I want you to assist me and stand as my foreign
beneficiary to receive my fund over there in NEW YORK, this fund am writing
you about is $12.5million U.S.Dollars which my late father deposited under
SECURITY COMPANY for I and my mother. and Mr . JOHN ASCOT who was suppose
to receive this consignment in NEW YORK ,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.
I will give you 20% for the total fund involve for your assistance,because
that was the former agreement we have with our foreign partner. Mr . JOHN
ASCOT 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 reply me for more details .
Thanks and God Bless.
Yours Sincere
DESMOND EYADEMA

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