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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "million us 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: nenita villaran <n_vlrn@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: nenita_0063@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:47:26 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Mrs Nenita Villaran.


From Mrs Nenita Villaran.

Dear,

I am Mrs Nenita Villaran -a citizen of philippines, widow and legitimate heir to the late former Minister of finance who was assassinated for been working with the ex-president Joseph Estrada in philippine.

I inherited a total sum of $10m (Ten Million US dollars ) from my late husband, the pressure from my decease husband's family for this money has compelled me to leave Manila and have the money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security company in Cote d' ivoire under a secret arrangement as a family treasures.

This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box that was shipped from the Philippines to Cote d' ivoire under a diplomatic coverage.

My purpose of requesting for your assistance is that I don't want my late husband's family to be aware or name involve, and the deposit statement of the trunk box authorized the company to make this trunk box avaliable for shipment on request only to my foreign bussiness representative, though unnamed.

Hence I want you to contact the the security company as my bussiness partner,after receiving the prove from me to enable the company release the consigment to you diplomatically, while I will join you on the arrival of the trunk box.

I have paid all the demurrage, storage charges and the shipment fee, all you need do is to help me contact the security company and introduce yourself as my bussiness partner, requesting the shipment of the trunk box to your address as my business associate.

And as soon as diplomatic shipping agent approved the shipment and tell you the arrival date of the trunk box then I will join you to give you 15% of the total sum instantly before I go on with the proposed investment in your country provided it's secured and investment friendly.

Please if you are interested and willing to represent me as my bussiness partner kindly write me as soon as possible.

Hoping to read from you soonest,

Mrs.Nenita Villaran .



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