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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:
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • ramentofamily@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: celerina ramento <chevat19@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ramentofamily@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:13:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Mrs. Celerina Ramento


Hello Dear,
Please my dear, do not feel embarrassed by my mail to you. I am Mrs. Celeri=
na Ramento, The wife of Bishop Alberto Ramento the prominent human right de=
fender and chairperson of the Philippine independent church community for t=
he movement national freedom. Who his sudden killing on the 3rd of October =
2006 has been a shock to me and my children.
Well during my late husband death threat, he gave me the total sum of $13.5=
, million dollars for the up keeping/future of our children and asks me to =
put it in a metallic box and deposit it in a security and finance company i=
n abroad.
This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.
This=A0 means that the security company does not even know the content of t=
his=20
trunk box.Since the death of my late husband, the Philippine government has=
blocked all me and my late husband account and also my late husband family=
has succeed in collecting from me all the properties of my late husband, t=
rying to leave me with nothing for the future of my children I am contactin=
g you because I want you to help me in securing the money=20
in=A0 the box for the future of my children. Since my late husband family m=
ade it impossible for me to have access to calls or to move out of the hous=
e as they always monitor me.
I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you claim it. I=
=20
will give you 15% of the total money after you have successfully=20
secured the box. For your assistance to me. If you are willing to help me, =
email me=20
back though this ID (ramentofamily@yahoo.com.ph) so that we can discuss in =
details.
Best regards
Mrs. Celerina Ramento=0A=0A=0A

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