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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: Jude Carlito Estrada <judelitoestr@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thank you for your response



Attention:VICTIMNAME Swingh
From:Jude Carlito Estrada
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your positive response to my mother's request for assistance. I appreciate your concern and readiness to assist the family of Estrada to realize our funds outside Philippines. Please, I would require your sincere and genuine assurance of honesty in the course of this transaction. This is because When I think of my immediate past, the hostility of our people against my parents, the imprisonment of my father and the eventual displacement of my family, all of these coupled with activities of the present Government of Gloria Arroyo, to ensure that the once treasured family of Estrada is ridicule and subjected to abject poverty and misery, the more I am courteous of whom we can trust with this transaction. I would not know why the present government is not relenting in its desire to bring our family down just for the singular fact that we share different political ideologies. My mother is restricted to a house arrest and my only saving grace is because of my dual
nationality. I was born in Britain. It is as a result of the above situation that I am very careful in anything I do. I am also very mindful and careful with this transaction as it remains our only hope to live a good life again when actualized.
What I require from you presently is to send to me your contact particulars including your telephone fax and cell numbers. This will enable me communicate with you on telephone so as to maintain absolute confidentiality in the course of this transaction and also a proof of your identification which would serve as a guarantee that the funds will be safe in your custody. Also you will need to send me a letter declaring Confidentiality & Non Disclosure of our dealings, thereafter I can ask my attorney to commence documentation passing beneficiary of the funds to you Please confirm your willingness by providing all the requested information above. All modalities for the successful completion of this transaction have been mapped out provided that you maintain absolute confidentiality and keep to my instructions, I shall give to you from time to time for a successful completion. Once I clarify your willingness to proceed with the transaction, then I shall ask my attorney to
send you all the documents that will enable you secure the funds. As you may know, the amount involve in this transaction is enormous and as such, we need to build trust and confidence in ourselves to realize the process. You will be required to travel to Europe and meet with the officials of the holdings, to receive the funds from the Security Company with the document and pass code, which I will give to you. It will also be Your responsibility to transfer the funds to your nominated account in your country pending when I am able to sort myself out here to regain my freedom so that I can come to meet with you for my share of the funds.I have resolved with my mother to compensate you with 25% the total funds for your assistance. Please, be further informed that presently I do not deem it fit for us to communicate via public telecommunication system that is public telephone as authorities from my country can tapped into our telephone discussion.
I want to thank you once more and I am praying to God Almighty to bless you. I know that you might also wonder why I want to realize this transaction with a complete stranger, sort like how I got your email address, the reason for this is because, our fellow countrymen here have all fail the Estrada family, you cannot imagine that 90% of the witnesses that testified against my father were his close aides as the Vice-President and President respectively. One thing I need you to understand is that the life jail term passed on my father is a mark of political terrorism on the part of the government of Gloria Arroyo because she fears political opposition.
You can as well read this site for more about my father and family
1.http://www.cnn.com/2001/ASIANOW/southeast/01/20/philippines.estrada.02/
2. http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_ctr/philmovies/filmmakers/erap/erapfilmo.html
3. http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2001/0129/cover1.html
4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25941-2004Mar26.html
5.http://latelinenews.com/ps/english/29432.shtml
6. http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/aug/29/nat_2-1.htm
7. http://www.estrada.com
However, in other that we may commence this transaction you will have to send me the following to assure me of your genuine interest and also to enable my attorney draft out the required documents for the purpose of this transaction. You will have to send me the following:-
1) Your complete contact address not a P.O. Box
2) Your Confidential Phone/fax number
3) A brieft and true history of yourself
4) A scaned copy of your international passport.
As soon as I have this information from you I will ask my attorney to go ahead and draft the required documents and let you know the name and location of the security company and also send you my personal identification. .
Remain bless,
Jude Carlito Estrada



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