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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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Fraud email example:

From: laarni enriquez <laarni_ma2018@live.com>
Reply-To: <laarmaa_77@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:27:15 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS: FROM MADAM LAARNI E. ENRIQUEZ






Dear friend

I am Madam Laarni Enriquez, a native of Philippines, nationality, and a divorcee. I would like to have a long lasting and confidant relationship with you,if possible entrusting my life time fortune into your possession,as now I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust,without remembering my past and forsaken experiences from close confidants and family. I need someone, who would take me for whom I am and as a life time partner , after making claims of my deposited life.

Well, from the looks of your profile, through the Internet, it seem to me you are an honest one.I would like to give you a brief description of my life.I was once the mistress of our President, Joseph Estrada, and during his tenure in office, I was been used as a courier to depositing his funds, although, the fracas I had with his wife, Madam Loi and her son, Jude,caused me some public embarrasement and people came to know that I had been having an affair with the President. Not quite long, I was arrested, together with his wife and son, in connection with the 27th July, 2003, failed coup,which I did not have anything to do with, but was alleged that I have been habouring some of the dessident and arms in one of the villa, bought for me by the president. However, I have been released but under a vigilant watch and monitoring.

All, I wanted from you is to assist me make claims of some funds I did deposited in Africa, As the other deposits documents have been consficated and seized by the government of Madam Gloria, the President. Nevertheless, this is the only one they could not get at, as I did kept the documents with one of my close confidant, who was also arrested. The amount being deposited is much about $20.2 million, as this was the money that was supposed to be used by the President to acquire some properties in America and Europe.

Now, what l demand from you is honesty and sincerity, as soon as this money is claimed by you, I will look for a way out of Philippines. So we can go into a life time partnership together, in investing this money, anywhere you may prefer.

yours, Laarni E.Enriquez.

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