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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: "From:Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsestradaluisa1@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:38:03 -0700
Subject: Please read Mrs.Estrada Family Proposal

From:Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada
Metro-manila
Philippines
E-mail:mrsestradaluisa1@sify.com
Dear Friend


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 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 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 $80M (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 will 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.

Thanks and God bless you.

Warmest Regards
Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada.
>From Dr. Mrs. Luisa Pimentel Estrada.

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