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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <estradaluisa1666@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:37:22 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT PLEASE (03-06-09)

From: Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada Philippines
Metro-manila
Philippines.
Dearest,



Greetings and peace of the Lord unto your household. This letter may
come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not met. The
message could be strange but real, if you pay some attention to it. I
could have notified you about it at least for the sake of your
integrity. Please accept my apologies in bringing this message of
goodwill to you. I have to say that I have no intention of causing you
any pain or harm.



I am Dr Luisa Pimentel Estrada, the wife of Joseph Ejercito Estrada,
former president of Philippines.
I have children with my husband Jose, Jacqueline and Jude. Two sons and
a daughter. This mail may be coming to you as a surprise or an article
but it is very real. I will want you the receiver to read through it
and think very well if you can help or render us any assistance. In
reference to our past experience, my husband Joseph Ejercito Estrada
was elected as the 13th President of the Philippines in May 1998 by the
people of Philippines due to his popularity in the film industry made
him to win the largest popularity in the history of election in
Philippines.



He attained the position of Senate in 1987, then vice-president in 1992
and later become the president 1998. My husband was made mayor of his
hometown, San Juan in 1969 but it was 1972 that he had a string of
public successes. My husband was named one of the ten out standing
Young Men in Public Administration. He was also named Most Outstanding
Mayor and Foremost Nationalist and Most Outstanding Metro Manila Mayor.
My husband was accused of illegally acquiring some four Billion Peso
($80M) during his 31 months in office as President backed up by an
uprising of mass Demonstrators and Senate Traitors. They also said that
he has skimmed off tobacco excise Taxes benefiting from government
business deals. Most of them benefited from my husband's generosity
when he was in office. But they just turned around to be the one to
impeach him.



I tried every possible means to get him out of Detention without
success. The Despotic forces in power appear bent in deriding him
rubbishing his achievements while freezing all his known Bank accounts.
He was accused of economic plunder carrying the maximum death penalty.
All other wives of my husband especially Guia Gomez and some of her
children born outside wedlock testified against us. In conjunction with
the PCGG funded by the recent President Arroyo Macapagal Gloria. These
were some of the allegations filed before my husband in the impeachment
trial:




1. Gov. Luis Singson, a longtime friend of my husband said he provided
my husband with more than $8million in pay offs from illegal gambling
and $2.7million from tobacco taxes.



2. Witnesses testify one of an account in the Philippines third largest
bank held millions of dollars in bribes collected by my husband.
Equitable PCI Bank resident George Gore signs. He banks senior
vice-president, Clarissa Ocampo, said she saw my husband sign a false
name to documents withdrawing $10 million from a secret personal
account.



3. On Dec 31, five synchronized bomb attacks kill 22 people and injure
more than 120 in Manila , days before the trial is to return from
holiday recess. Police accuse Muslim rebels but many fear the bombs may
be linked to the trial.



4. That my husband received about $8.5 million in pay-offs from illegal
gambling operators.




5.That my husband participated in a real estate business controlled by
me and my son Jose despite a prohibition on outside business interests
while in office.



My husband suffered from bronchitis and emphysema and he was detained
at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City in hospital
prison outside Manila where the life of my husband was in danger. Be
informed that, it was political motivated by Gloria Arroyo. Meanwhile,
the government said that, it may drop rebellion charges against my
husband allies Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and the former ambassador to
the United State Ernesto Maceda because they were on the side of my
husband, both men were later jailed by the government of Gloria Arroyo
that they instigated a march on the presidential palace by 50,000
supporters of my husband. And my husband was convicted to life jail.




These were all political. All these was done to have my husband dead.
In the past, life has not been easy for my children and I, the government has seized my traveling documents and they restricted me and
my children to have access to my husband. You will get more details on
the story through this
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/22/estrada.profile/
>>




I most thank God who has work through President Arroyo Macapagal Gloria
to suddenly release my husband after the life jail term has been
pronounced on him. Though my husband has not recovered from the health
problem he has been suffering of, so he has to be admitted in the
hospital to receive treatment and get back to normal healthy condition.
Her mother also is very sick at the moment all this pressure mount on
us. He decided to let me know that, he deposited some money with a
diplomatic firm in Europe . He said that he deposited the sum of $80
MILLION US DOLLARS (Eighty Million United States
Dollars) in my name, Luisa Pimentel Estrada in Europe as consignments;
the money was deposited with a diplomatic firm that transports valuable
goods and Consignments through diplomatic means. He declared that the
consignments was solid gold and owned by his foreign business partner.




Now, we have decided to start a new life with the money. We want to
invest the money outside Philippines. What we are begging you for is to
assist us in receiving the money on our behalf. You will have to
represent us in receiving the money as consignments from the diplomatic
firm.




We have discussed with the diplomatic firm about this arrangement that
we cannot leave manila for now and they assured us that the consignment
would be released to our representative. In this regards, we are
contacting you because we want you to go to the diplomatic firm and
collect the consignment, on our behalf since we have declared that the
consignments belongs to our foreign business partner.




You shall also be required to assist us open a bank account and deposit
the money till our arrival in your country, after my husband has fully
recovered. We shall be interested in investment in your country and
secure an executive property, where we can reside on our arrival. I
hope to trust you as a God fearing person who will not sit on this
money when you are finally in the possession of the consignments,
rather assist us properly, we are willing to offer you 30% of the funds
for your sincere assistance.




When I receive your positive response, I will let you know where the
diplomatic firm is. And I will furnish you with the details of this
project. For now, let all our communication be through e-mail because
our lines are right now connected to the Philippines Telecommunication
Network services. But you can send us email for further communication.
Please treat this vital information with maturity, confidentiality and
sincerity.




Your due cooperation in this regards will be duly appreciated. I look
forward to your urgent reply through my private email
estradaluisa1666@yahoo.co.jp




Thanks and God bless you.



Warmest Regards
Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada.


















Many thanks for your reply and willingness to assist my family and myself, I am promising you that you are 100% safe as this matter should be treated with utmost confidentiality and nobody should be involved. As you can see that we have past through a lot of bitter experience from various people, I plead for your total commitment to come to our aid fully, so that we can be free from this predicament.


Firstly, I will want you to be rest assured that this job am entrusting you for is very legal and require your total commitment, that is the more reason I have attached my I.D card while I was still a senator with this my mail for you to know that you are truly dealing with the right Mrs. Luisa Estrada. As a matter of urgency, I will want you to send the below information of yours to me so that I can forward it to the Diplomatic firm as you, my representative the consignment has to be released to.


1. Yours full name and your age:
2. Your direct phone number you can be reach to at all time:
3. Your Home address:
4. Your business type/job/profession:
5. Marital status
6. Nationality


Be rest assured that the Diplomatic firm will contact you after they have received this above information of yours to furnish you with the detail on how you will Collect the consignment. I still stand by my words of parting with you 30% of the total funds for all your effort financially and physically during the process of collecting the consignment.


I will also welcome the area you wish to invest 60% of the fund on when you are finally in the possession of the Consignment, and you will safe keep the remaining 10% for us to leave on when we are finally liberated.


I think we can find a place in your state for resettlement? Note very well that is only me, you and my husband that knows the content of the consignment to be fund, the diplomatic Firm believe the content of the consignment to be solid gold not fund this is what my husband made them understand simply for security reason.


So have this in mind and always use consignment not fund when contacting them. The confidentiality of this job am entrusting on you is of highly important.


Lastly, I wish to assure you that you can never regret your commitment in bringing this project into accomplishment. Please make endeavor to be checking your mail on a daily basis so that this transaction will not experience delay.


Waiting for your quick reply so that you can proceed further with the diplomatic firm toward you collecting the consignment. I pray that may your shadow never go less as you have made up your mind to help me actualizing my goal towards preparing a great future for my children.


Yours truly,
Mrs.Luisa Estrada.

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