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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: lacsonalice@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:01:10 +0200
Subject: From Mrs. Alice Lacson.

>From Mrs. Alice Lacson.

My name is Alice Lacson,The wife of Mr.Panfilo Lacson a senator during president
joseph Estrada regime in Philippine.

During my husband's regime as a senator,I realized some reasonable amount
of money from various deals that I successfully executed and my buisness
in the united state of which the Government has block most of my account
in the bank of america,trying to leave me with nothing.

Well before my late husband was killed,I secretly put in a box the sum of
$8,600,000 million USD (Eight Million Six Hundred Thousand United states
Dollar) and deposit it in a security company abroad.

I am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing the money
for our future since the government now monitor all my movement. I hope
to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you claim it.

If you are willing to help me, contact me immediately for i am waiting for
your response.

Best regards

Mrs Alice Lacson.



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