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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "million 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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • anitanickolas2004@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3aanitanickolas2004@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "Anita Nickolas" <anitanickolas@fastwebmail.it>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:29:11 +0200
Subject: From:Madam Anita Nickolas.


From:Madam Anita Nickolas.
Confinement house Newzealand.
email:anitanickolas2004@yahoo.fr <email%3Aanitanickolas2004@yahoo.fr>




WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE.Hi Dear

I am very sorry to had infringe into your privacy without permission but
please with all humility, i solicit your attention to hear me out.I am madam
Anita Nickolas, Newzealand by nationality, and a divorcee who has suffered
so much for offence i never committed.

Honestly, I would love to have a long lasting relationship with you ,if
possible entrusting my life time fortune into your possession,as now I am
broken hearted and needs someone to trust and to really confide on, without
remembering my past and forsaken experiences from my close confidants and
family.

I am really in need of someone, who would take me for whom I am and as a
life time partner, after making claims of my deposited life fortuned in
Abroad. Well, from your profile, I believe in my heart that you ought to be
a very honest person.

I would like to give you a brief description of my life autobiograph I was
once the mistress of the President, Joseph Estrada of Philipians, 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 fame .

But, 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 .

Althought, 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 truck box in security company in Coted Ivoire-a remote
states in Africa.

Every other deposit have been consficated and seized by the 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 certicate and
deposit agreetment with one of my close confidant.

The Amount being deposited is$9.Million United states dollars(Nine million
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 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 shippment cost and
demurrage has being taken care of as at the time of deposit.I would like us
to go into 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 will prepared to forward to you with more hint on how to
reach the security company to retrieve and request the shippment 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 an instant reward out of the
total sum for your kind and sincere assistance.

Please reply this email with your full correspondence informations us enable
me proceed fast.Sincerely,
Madam Anita Nickolas.
Reply to : anitanickolas2004@yahoo.fr

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