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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Mrs Estrada" <dr_louise@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: estrada_2004@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:43:15 -0700
Subject: Dearest


Dearest,

I have found seriousness
in you and that is why i have decided to involve you
in this transaction o.k . I am a woman of substance and
of great importance to my nation and the society
in general. For security reasons you will only communicate me only by my
email for now o.k.

I am Dr. Mrs LOUISA EJERCITOR ESTRADA , the wife of Mr
Joseph Estrada the former President of Philippine
located in the south east Asia. My husband was
presently impeached from office by a backed uprising
of mass demonstrators and the senate. During my
husband's regime as president of Philippine, I
realised US$68.5 millions of dollars from various
contract projects I executed successfully. I had
planed to invest this money in Real Estate and
Industral Production.

Now i have used an NGO to move the money to a bank
outside Philippine awaiting transfer, i want you to
assist me transfer the money to your bank account as
the Beneficiary/my Proxy because i do not want the
Philippine Government to trace and confiscate this
one.
They have confiscated all our asset. This is
the only money left for me and my family o.k.

Now if you agree, i will offer you 40% of the total
fund, and you must keep it very secret and
confidential o.k. There is no risk involved, all i
want from you is your corporation so that we can have
a sucessful transaction as all modalities has been put
in place i look forward to having a good relationship
with you o.k



Regards,

Dr Mrs Louise Estrada,

Wife to former philippines president

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