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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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Fraud email example:

From: laarni_enriquez laarni <laarni_enriquez11@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:57:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: thanks for your concern ... i will be waiting for your reply


Hi dear

Good day, thanks for empathy and polite response, my choice on you is simply divine because we have not meet in person before or having correspondence through mail before but knowing one starts one day.Because the the filippino have a common proverb that say the fotunes of man or woman are often made in seconds while success is not being the right scene or place all the time but making right decision at the right time .
I am laarni ate ejercito Estrada the former mistress of joseph estrada the former president of phlilppine now under trial for financial misappropriation of the country fund.I am also an actress and movie starts with great real estate investment here in philippine.

It is not easy to found one still willing to listen to plight of persons mindful of the huge numbers of hoax that pervade the internet mostly in Africa where persons would contact you telling want you to help in transfer of several millions of dollars or euro asking for your private bank information . But what i am asking your help on is far from all that.i am expecting or want you to help in liaisoning the relocation of my fund i concealed in metallic truck box as family valuable but i want you to assure me your honestly and willing to help contact the security company to ask for the shipment of the box contaning the fund/money to your place thought diplomatic shipment by the security company courier mission

Besides , if you are doubt or entertaining fear i can provide you with irrefutable proof of myself and all i have written. Though i would like to assure of something before giving you all necessary legitmate documents in respect of fund deposited with a security firm in disquised of family valuable in one metallic.

First you are not expected to give me any of your private data or would be ask to send such to any other parties in respect of the fund relocation through diplomatic shipment. certainly nobody will do this for free particularly when you have not meet before but have this at the back of mind i will give you five million united states dollars out of the total fund you are about helping to relocate

But i would like you to assure of something please if you are not willing to help me please you be straight with me,i am simple woman,serious and love sincerity in all my dealings far and near with persons. I would not like a situation after discussing and giving you this vital documents in respect of the said fund relocation you now choose to exposure my plan to the government of my country please sorry to say. I will be willing to forward the deposit documents to you in my next mail to you but i will like you to reaffirm your honest intent to help make things out with me besides like you to briefly tell me some thing about yourself and personalities this will give better stand to know better whom i am about confiding my fund into his hands temporarily as well going into bussiness partnership with.

i will be waiting to hear from so that i scan and forward all deposits documents to contact the security firm to request for the shipment of the said box contaning the fund in disquise of family valuable.

And i will be waiting for your confirmation to help me ,pls if you are not good at english you can translate my mail or i will do if you write in your language

with love and concern

laarni.E


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