419 scam: "Miss Mahal Trillanes"<lanaphe@gmail.com> Greetings From Miss Mahal Trillanes

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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 by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Mahal Trillanes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lanphe@cantv.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:18:08 +0200
Subject: Greetings From Miss Mahal Trillanes

Greetings From:Miss Mahal Trillanes

Dear One,

I am Mahal Trillanes, a native of Philippine nationality. I would Like
to have a long lasting and confidant business relationship with you if
possible entrusting my life time fortune into your possession.

As now I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust, without remembering
my past and forsaken experiences from close confidants and family.

I need someone who would take me for whom I am and as a life time partner.
Well, from your profile I believe in me that you ought to be a very honest
person. I would like to give you a brief description of my life.

I am the sister of senator Antonio Fuentes Trillanes, who was arrested and
since detained by the government forces on the 29th day of November 2007.
You may wish to update yourself with more information of my family official
pictures and news about my brother here:
(http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/3007.cfm).

But not quite long, I was also arrested along with my brother, now I have
been released. All I want from you is to assist me make claims of some funds, he did
deposited with a diplomatic vault in Abroad, the Amount being deposited is
much about 6.2 million USD.

All I want from you is honesty and sincerity, as soon as this money is
claimed by you, I will advise you on how to wire some money to me
to enable me pay off the chief justice for his demand in getting my
brother out of prison. And then fly over to meet you.

I wait your reply for more details.

Sincerely yours,

Miss Mahal Trillanes

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