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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: "Estrada 46" <estrada_234@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:09:20 -0800
Subject: Help me

DATE: wes 14 aguest 2005 12:35:53 +0100 (BST)

FROM;

Subjet: heip

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 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.

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
Thank you


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