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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: "Alice Marcia" <alicemarcia1@msn.com>
Reply-To: alicelacsonmacia@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:31:19 +0000
Subject: VERY SERIOUS ISSUE .

VERY SERIOUS ISSUE .

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.

During my husband's regime as a senator,I realized some reasonable amount of
money from various deals that I successfully executed and my buisness in the
united state of which the Government has block most of my account in the
bank of america,trying to leave me with nothing.well before my late husband
was killed,I secretly put in a box the sum of $30,000,000 million USD
(Thirty million United states dollars) and deposit it in a security company
abroad. During the time of deposit i paid the dumorrage to the security
vault , my main reason of contacting you is to help me for the diplomatic
shipment cost only .

I have all the prove that shows that the money belong to me and gennew , i
will prove myself to when i see your seriousness by giving you all the
neccessary documentations that will enable you reach the shipping company
reguarding the shipmet to your for self keep till i come over to meet you .I
am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing the money for
the future of my children since the government now monitor all my movement.
I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you claim it.

Please i'm very glad to offer you 15% of the total money for your assistance
, and for your information you will help me to invest the money in any good
business of your choice that will benefit both families .
Best regards
Mrs Alice Lacson


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