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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: "Laarni Enriquez" <laarenri3@mail.mn>
Reply-To: laarenri3@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 21:39:06 +0100
Subject: From:Madam Laarni Ejarcito Enriquez.


From:Madam Laarni Ejarcito Enriquez.
Confinement house. Manilla, Phillipine.

WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE,

Dear Sir,

I am very sorry to had infringe into your privacy without permissionbut
please with all humility i solicit your attention to hear me out.Iammadam
Laarni Enriquez, a filippino by nationality, and a divorcee. Honestly I
would like to have a long lasting 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 mypast and forsaken
experiences from close confidants and family. I need someone, who would take
me for whom I am and as a life timepartner, after making claims of my
deposited life fortuned in Abroad.Well, from your profile, I believe in me
that you ought to be a veryhonest person.

I would like to give you a brief description of my lifeautobiograph I was
once the mistress of our President, Joseph Estrada,andduring his tenure in
office, I was often used as a courier indepositinghis(the president) funds,
in the Europe,and Africa because of myhonesty but his wife Madam Loi and her
son-Jude, accused me of havingsecretaffair with the president ,this led to
fabrication of all kind ofallegation against just to disrepute my honestly
earned fame .


But, not quite long, I was arrested, together with his wife and son,in
connection with the 27th July, 2003, failed coup for working in thehousehold
of the ex-president Joseph Estrada .Althought i was latergranted bailed as
there was no substantial evidence against me , now Ihave been released but
under security watch within state confinementwithlimited opportunity to
reach the outside world to prove my innocence. All, I want from you is to
assist me make claims of some funds, I diddeposited in metallic truck box in
security finance house in London,United Kingdom a remote states in British.
Every other deposit havebeenconsficated and seized by the the government of
Madam Gloria thePresident of republic of philippine .

But, this one is the only one theycouldnot see, as I did kept the deposit
certicate and deposit agreetmentwith one of my close confidant The Amount
being deposited is much about 20. Million United statesdollars,as this was
the money that was supposed to be used by thePresident to acquire some
properties in Europe.

All, I want from you, now is honesty and sincerity, as, as soon asthis money
is claimed by you, I will look for a way out and sneaked outof Philippines
and travel down to meet you in your country , theshipment cost and demurrage
has being taken care I would like us to goinvestment partnership together,in
investing this money in your countryandanywhere else you prefer.

I will send you my Photo, the a depositcertificate and authoritative
agreetment which i am prapared to forward to youwith more hint on how to
reach the security company to retrieve andrequest the shipment of the
metallic box containing fund on my behalftoyour country while i join you at
convenient time for joint investmentif you desire.In addition to this i
promise to give you five millionunited states dollars out of the total fund
for your kind assistance.

Sincerely,

Laarni.

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