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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: Dr Luisa Pimentel Estrada <luisaestrada3@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 03:39:41 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

Dear Friend

Greetings and peace of the lord unto your household.

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 contacted you via chat some couple of hours
back due to my desperation for help

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 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 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 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 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 has 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 my husband with more than
$8million in payoffs 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 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 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 is suffering from bronchitis and emphysema right now and he detained at the Veterans
Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City in hospitalprison 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 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.These are all political. All these are done to
have my husband dead. 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. You will get more details on the story through this link
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/22/estrada.profile/

Haven seen the way things are going with us.He decided to let me know that he deposited some money
with security companies in Asia and Europe.He said 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
company.I have discussed with the security company here in Metropolitan Manila about this
arrangement,they assured me that the money will be released 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 are likely 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.Please handle
this transaction with maturity and sincerity.

Best Regards,

Luisa Pimental Estrada
N.B: Please reply to my confidential email address at
luisaestrada@netscape.net

Thank you and God bless you.


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