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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 by the Scam-O-Matic 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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • 202john@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHN EYADEMA" <eya_john510@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:09:56 +0100
Subject: ATIKU....

FROM JOHN GNASSINGBE EYADEMA.
DEAR

MY NAME JOHN EYEDEMA, THE FOURTH SON TO THE LATE
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPULBULIC OF TOGO, MY DEAR
FATHER DIED 5TH OF FEBRAURY 2005.

AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH
HIS FILES I STUMBLE ON A DOCUMENT, ADDRESSED TO MY
ELDER BROTHER(FAURE GNASSINGBE EYADEMA) WHO IS NOW THE
PRESIDENT OF MY COUNTRY STATING THE EXISTENCE OF
$45,000,000 MILLION US DOLLAR, DEPOSITED IN A FINANCE
AND SECURITY TRUST FIRM AS PERSONAL EFFECT (FOR
SECURITY REASON) IN ONE OF HIS RECENT TRIP TO GHANA
BEFORE HE DIED.PRESENTLY I AM NOT IN MY COUNTRY, I AM
IN UNITED KINGDOM.

ACTUALLY MY REASON OF CONTACTING YOU IS FOR YOU TO
ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING THE FUNDS FROM THE FINANCE
SECURITY TRUST FIRM IN GHANA AS MY LATE FATHER'S
BUSINESS PARTNER ABROAD.

WHERE I AM NOW, THE LAWS DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO OPERATE
A BANK ACCOUNT AND ALSO MY MOVEMENT IS RETRICTED AS
POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKER,I WILL LIKE TO INVEST PART OF
MY MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY INTO GOOD BUSINESS,I WILL
ALSO WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS BUSINESS AS CONFIDENTIAL
AND URGENT, PLEASE ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD YOU DISCLOSE
THIS BUSINESS TO ANYBODY BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT MY
ELDER BROTHER TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

I WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME
BY CONTACTING ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL
THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESSeyadema:202john@yahoo.com ,
SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THE
DETAILS, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER IS ALSO NEEDED FOR
SWIFT COMMUNICATION. I ALSO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT
THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE BECAUSE THE FUNDS
BELONG TO MY LATE FATHER.

AWAITING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
JOHN G.EYADEMA.

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