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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: laarni Enriquez <quez21@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <laarniquez@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:36:01 +0000
Subject: Hi Dear.




Hi Dear.I am very sorry to have intruded into your privacy without permission but I am quite confidence in you. Please I want to confide with you for help and partnership
I am Madam Laarni Enriquez, a Philippine by nationality, and a divorcee. Honestly I would like to have a long lasting and confidant relationship with you, if possible entrusting my lifetime fortune into your possession, as now I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust, without remembering my past and forsaken experiences from close confidents and family.I need someone, who would take me for whom I am and as a lifetime partner, after making claims of my deposited life fortuned in Abroad. Well, from your profile, I believe in me that you ought to be a very honest person. I would like to give you a brief description of my life autobiography.
I was once the mistress of our President, Joseph Estrada, and during his tenure in office, I was often used as a courier in depositing his (the president) funds, in the 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 just to disrepute my honestly earned fameBut 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 opportunity to reach 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 Trunk Box in security company in Ivory coast-a remote states 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 corticated and deposit agreement with one of my close confidantThe Amount being deposited is much about 17.5 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, 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 careI would like us to do investment partnership together, in investing this money in your country and anywhere else you prefer. I will send you my Photo, the deposit certificate and authoritative agreement which i am prepared to forward to you with more hint on how to reach the security company to retrieve and request the shipment of the metallic box containing fund on my behalf to your country while i join you at convenient time for joint investment if you desire. In addition to this i promise to give you five million United States dollars out of the total fund for your kind assistance.
I quest you should know there fact i am recent to disclose in this medium to the reason why i humbly request you to get back to me. Yours Sincerely,
Laarni Enriquez

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