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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "ateel" <ateel@spray.se>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:58:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Message

Dear,

Complement of the season, I am very sorry to have infringed into your privacy without permission.
I am Laarni Ejercitola Enriquez, a Philippino by nationality, and a divorcee. Honestly I would like to have a long lasting and confidant business with you. And I want to entrust my life time fortune into your hand.
I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust, without remembering my past and forsaken experiences from close confidants and family.

I need someone, who would take me for whom I am and as a life time partner in the business, after making claims of my deposited life fortuned abroad. Well, from your profile, I believe that you are a very honest person.
I would like to give you a brief description of my life autobiography

I was the mistress of the President, Joseph Estrada, and during his tenure in office, I worked with him mostly as an arrant woman for his courier and in depositing his funds, In Europe, and Africa because of my honesty but his wife Madam Loi and her son-Jude, accused me of having secret affair with the president, this led to fabrication of all kind of allegation against me just to disrepute my honestly earned fame.

But, not quite long, I was arrested, together with his wife and son, in connection with the 27th July, 2003, failed coup for working in the household of the ex-president Joseph Estrada. Although I was later granted bailed as there was no substantial evidence against me, now I have been released but under security watch within state confinement with limited acess to the outside world to prove my innocence.

All, I want from you is to assist me make claims of some funds, I did deposited in metallic truck box in a security company in Cote d’ Ivoire (Abidjan) west in Africa. Every other deposit have been confiscated, and seized by the government of Madam Gloria the President of republic of Philippine. But, this one is the only one they could not see, as I did kept the deposit certificate and deposit agreement with one of my close confidant

The Amount being deposited is the sum of 15 Million United states dollars, as this was the money that was supposed to be used by the President to acquire some properties in Africa.

All, I want from you, now is honesty and sincerity, as soon as this money is claimed by you, I will look for a way out and sneaked out of Philippines and travel down to meet you in your country , the shipment cost and demurrage has being taken care of by me.

I would like us work together (partnership) in investing this money in your country.

I will send you my Particulars for identification purpose. In addition to this I promise to give you two million United States dollars out of the total fund for your kind assistance.

I await your urgent response. and would like you reply through my Private mail box ateel@reno.com

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Laarni Ejercitola Enriquez.


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