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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 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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • badagnakieyadema1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Badagnaki=20EYADEMA?= <badagnakieyadema1@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: be2net@zonai.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:49:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: urgent response pls.


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : badagnakieyadema1@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend,

I got your contact after a deligent search of a foreign partner who

will be of immediate assistance to us believing that this business

proposal will be of mutual benefit to both of us and that you will not betray

me.


I am Mme Badagnaki Eyadema, one of the wives of Togolese former

President Gnassingbe Eyadema who died last year.I and my children have

experienced much treats since Faure Gnassingbe took over my late husband's

position.Faure and his mother are not happy

with me because I use to be the favourite of my late husband while he

was alive and this made them to be too jealous of me.


I have now decided to move out the sum of $14.5 million US dollars

which my husband gave me for safe keeping while he was alife.I need your

urgent help to transfer this fund out from here to your Country because I

have fears that Faure may kill me or seize this money if he happens to

know about it.


This money has been moved to Benin Republic and its now deposited in a

security company.

I will give you the details of the security company so that you can

arrange for the transfer of the money to your account for safe keeping.


I shall also give you the contact of the consultant who helped us to

deposit the money in Benin Republic so that you can work with him to

conclude this deal.

On receiving this money in your account,we shall give you 20% of it as

your commission and 10% for any expenses you might incur in the process

of this transfer.


Please note that everything about this transaction must be strictly

confidential.


Waiting for your urgent response.

Mme Badagnaki Eyadema.



- Badagnaki EYADEMA

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