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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: estrada2002@tiscali.it
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:44:26 +0100
Subject: MAIL FROM MRS ESTRADA PHILIPPINE`S

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR

Please Reply to my private Email Address: estrada2002@libero.it

Dear Sir/Madam,

I know that this letter will come to as a surprise neither we have seeing
each other nor known ourselves, I got your contact address through world
e-mail directory and I assume you are a reliable and trustworthy person
who will assist me in a business investment in your country. I am Mrs.
Luisa Ejecito Estrada the wife of Mr. Joseph Estrada,the former president
of Phillippine located in the south east Asia.

My husband was recently impeached from office by a backed uprising of mass
demostrators and the senate.

The present government is forcing my husband out to Manila to avoid demonstration
by his supporters, during my husband's regime as president of Phillippine
he realised millions of U.S Dollars from various contracts I executed successfully,
I had plan to invest this money for my children future on real estate and
industrial production. My husband is not aware of this because I wish to
do it secretly for now, before my husband was impeached from office. I
concretely and secretly deposited this money to a DIPLOMATIC EXPRESS COURIER
SERVICES in Europe and declared it as a solid Gold bar.

I wish to give you 20% out of the total sum if you will be willing to assist
me claim this money and invest the money as I assured you 100% risk free
business transaction I am trusting you as a God fearing person that will
not sit on my fund when it get into your account but rather assist me by
investing the money.

This business demands absolutely secrecy and confidentiality, so all communication
shall be through e-mail because we have being monitoring by the Phillippine
government & security agents.

I furnish you with more details and document when I receive your response.

Thanks.

Mrs. Luisa Estrada.

Alternative Email: estrada2002@libero.it


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