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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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  • alex1eyadema@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALEX EYADEMA" <alex_eyadema@msn.com>
Reply-To: alex6eyadema@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:30:39 +0000
Subject: a cry for help

Attention: Sir,


Please Follow this message with a deep concern.

My name is Alex Eyadema the son of Gnassingbe Eyadema
who was the former president of the Republic of Togo
that died February 2005.

We had a political problem immidiately after the death
of my father as my step brother Faure Eyadema rigged
the presidential election and became the president of
my country. My mother Atto Eyadema never support this
attitude one day of rigging election in my country.
This made Faure Eyadema became angry after the
election and sorth for our lives. We left Togo and
moved to Ghana a neighbouring country where we are
hiding for our lives. It was in Ghana that my mother
told me of some valuables they kept in the vault of
Central Bank of Ghana for safekeep as family
valuables.
These valuables are funds $3 Million USD, Gold and
Diamond worth $2 Million USD. So the assets are all
together $5 Million USD. Sensing this, my mother
revailed that this was a confidential deposite made in
her name by my late father as her political benefits
when He was in power.


Sir, we want your position as a foriegner who has the
image of God and human feelings to help us recieve this
valuables for investment in your country because we do
not want to open up this transaction in Ghana since the
president of my country is still in
search of our lives.

Now we are in a hide out in Ghana with the refugees in
Budumburan Camp just to disguise our selves for our
safety.

In your acceptance to help recieve these assets as
your own properties, we will like you to state what %
you would like to take from the total valuables as
this we can negociate together as partners. And please
if we are to do this, it must be absolutely
confidential between we and you.

Please send me your contact details immidiately you
recieve this message to; alex1eyadema@yahoo.com so
that we can go over the details of the shipment of the
merchandise and also call me on 233243481248 to
confirm the reciept of this message.

Thanks for your understanding and God bless you.

Best regards,
Alex Eyadema
233243481248

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