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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: mrsluisaestrada@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:09:05 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE AND INVESTMENT

SUBJECT ASSISTANCE AND INVESTMENT
Dear Friend,
Good Day
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
daugther.This mail may be coming to you as a surprise or an
article but it is very real.I gave the mail to my daugther
Jude to send the mail to any contacts she sees and may be a
God fearing person will listen to our plight.I will want
you as the receiver to read through it and think very well
if you can help or render us any assistance. 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 has attain the position of Senate in
1987,then vice-p! resident in May 1992 and later become the
president 1998. My husband became mayor of ! his home town,
San Juan in 1969 but it was 1972 that he had a string of
public successes. My husband was named one of the ten Outstanding Young
Men
in Public Administration. He was also named Most
Outstanding Mayor and Foremost Nationalist and Most
Outstanding Metro Manila Mayor.
My husband is recently accused of illegally acquireing for
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 benefitting from government business
deals. Most of them benefitted from my husband's
generousity when he was in office. But they just turned
around to be the ones to impeach him. I have 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 ha! s been accused of economic plunder
carrying the maximum penalty of death. To the worst of it
all, all other wives of my husband especailly Guia Gomez
and some of her children born outside wed lock are
testifying against us.In conjunction with the PCGG funded
by the recent President Arroyo Macapagal Gloria. These are
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 the my husband with more than $8 million in
payoffs from illegal gambling and $2.7 million 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 President
George Go resigns. The 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 injured 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 is suffering from
bronchitis and emphysema right now and he detained at the
Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City in hospital
prison outside Manila where the life of my husband is in
danger.I will let you know that it is political motivated
by Gloria Arroyo.Meanwhile, the government has said that it
may drop rebellion charges against my husband allies
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and the former ambassador to t!
he United State Ernesto Maceda because they were in the
side of my husband, both men were later jailed by the
government of Gloria Arroyo that they instigated a match on
the presidential palace by 50,000 supporters of my
husband.These are all political.All these are done to have
my husband death.
Presently life has not been easy for my children and I ,my
travelling documents have been seized by the government and
they restricted me and my children to have access to my
husband. Haven seen the way things are going with us.He
decided to let me know that he deposited the sum of twenty
Million dollars $20,000,000 in my name (Pimentel Luisa
Estrada) in EUROPE.Now I want to start a new life with the
money.I want to invest the money outside Philippines.
What I am begging you is to assist me in receiving the
money on my behalf.You will have to represent me in
receiving the money with the security comp! any. I have
discussed with the security company here in Metropolitan
Manila about this arrangement,they assured me that the
money will be release to my representative.In that
regards,I have gone to collect the documents needed from
Gomez Carlos who my husband kept the documents with.
If you are willing to assist me in receiving the money.You
will send me your full names,contact Fax and Telephone
numbers to enable me forward your information to the
security company. Once you get back to me,we will discuss
the percentage you will liken to take for your kind
assistance.I will be communicating with you by email
because my telephone lines are not safe for the transaction
because of the heighten security around me and my family.
I would want us to be in partnership in any good business
you may suggest in your country as soon as the money is
released. Please understand my plight and handle this
transaction with maturity and sincerity.
Best Regards, Luisa Pimentel Estrada. Please Reply to me only on this
email
address;mrsluisaestrada_01@mighty.co.za or
mrsluisaestrada_3@fsmail.net

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