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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: mrsalice lacson <mrsalice55596@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:30:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Mrs Alice Lacson


please reply to this email box.
mrsalice55596@yahoo.com.ph

MY Name is Mrs Alice Lacson From philippine.My husband was a senator in the cabinet of formal President, Joseph Estrada before he was poision and died.I inherited a total sum of $32,million dollars from my late husband, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company in abroad.

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, the Goverment 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 Abroud because this is where my future and destiny lies upon.

The family secret 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 from the Government of the Philippines,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.There is need for urgent action During the time of deposit i paid the dumorrage storage to the security vault , my main reason of contacting you is to help me for the diplomatic shipment cost only to your safe address.

I will send you the Authorization Certificate to call them in my next mail which is the Certificate of deposit that they gave me on the very day when the box of money was deposited under their company.i will prove my self to you when i see your seriousness.

I give thanks immensely for your co-operation as I look forward to hear from you soon. Address your responds to my Private email address (mrsalice55596@yahoo.com.ph )for quick conclusion of this business.

All the best,
Mrs Alice Lacson.








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