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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Eyadema <roberteyadema@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 17:44:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Friend: My name is MR. ROBERT EYADEMA., I hail from the Federal Republic of Ghana, I am 41 years, married with three children. I am the Director of Global Security &Finance Services Limited, Ghana. I got the information concerning you from the Business links and after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the Grace of God, that we can make a successful Business deal, without your disappoint over this deal. I have been working with this company for over fifteen years. Within th


Dear Friend:
My name is MR. ROBERT EYADEMA., I hail from the Federal Republic of
Ghana, I am 41 years, married with three children. I am the Director
of Global Security &Finance Services Limited, Ghana. I got the
information concerning you from the Business links and after due
consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the Grace of
God, that we can make a successful Business deal, without your
disappoint over this deal.

I have been working with this company for over fifteen years. Within
this period, and I have watched with meticulous precision
how African
Heads of State and Government functionaries have been using Global
Security & Finance firms Ltd to move sums of money USD, Pounds
Sterling, French Francs (cash) to their
foreign partners. They bring
in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as
jewelries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, family treasures, and
documents etc.

Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni Abacha of Nigeria
(dead),Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Felix
Houphet Boigny of Cote d"Ivoire (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire
(Abidjan) etc. All these people have many consignments deposited with
my office. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming
most of these consignments.

A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as eight years.
Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the Certificate
of Deposit is never available to anybody except the depositors or me
since most of them are dead.

I have through the instrumentality of Global Security & Finance
re-deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed consignment into
the
Vault Facility of a reputable Security Company in Europe. Since the
inception of the year 2000, our company's management has changed the
procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce
the secret information as contained in the secret file of any
consignment, it will be released to you upon demand.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to claim consignment
No.1401, 1402 containing $35.7 Million.(Thirthy Five Million seven
hundred Thousand) I will supply you with all the information and
documents that will facilitate your easy claim of the consignment.

Upon your positive reply of this letter, I will furnish you with
further details and information
regarding the modus operandi for the
execution of the transaction. This business is risk free as I have
taken necessary preventive measures. (The mode of sharing will be
50-50), you can reach me by private email:   and I
will direct you on
what to do and also l like you to furnish me with your full
name and your confidential phone and fax number(s) for easy reach.
Please expedite
action.
Yours faithfully,
MR. ROBERT EYADEMA.

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