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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.
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: "Alice Lacson" <lisslac@msn.com>
Reply-To: laclice2@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:43:36 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear,
Hello Dear,
This letter is from Mrs Alice Lacson,The wife of Mr.Panfilo Lacson a senator
during president joseph Estrada regime in Philippine.who is receently killed
in philippine.
I inherited a total sum of 30 million dollars from my late husband, this
money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a
security company in Abidjan. Due to the instruction we laid down before we
deposited the box, that we needed maximum security/safety of the
consignment and no body nor government organization can trace the where
about of the box until we are ready and prepare to claim it. This deposit
was coded under a secret arrangement as a friend family treasure. This means
that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box.
My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you
and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the box of
money to any address that you think is very secure and save in your country
with your percentage of which we shall chat on soon. In fact, since the
death of my husband i have been feeding from hand to mount, his brothers has
been seriously chasing me around with constant treats, trying to suppress me
so that they might have the documents of his landed properties and
confiscate them. They have successfully collected all his properties, yet
they never stopped there, they told me to surrender all bank account of
my late husband, which I did, but I never disclose to them this deposit with
the security company in Abidjan because this is where my future and destiny
lies upon. The family dose not know the existence of this deposit which we
made with the security company and they can never be aware of it.
Out of fear of my late husbands family, and when the situation becomes
uncontrollable because of pressure on me, I decide to look for a trustworthy
person who could assist me retrieve this box of money from the security
company for onward lodgement into his account for the purpose of future
investment. Consider my situation as a widow and come to my rescue.
Best regards
Mrs Alice Lacson
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