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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: "Mendoza Susan" <mamendoza3030@biz.by>
Reply-To: mamendoza1946@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:57:36 +0000
Subject: My Dear


My Dear

I am Madam Susan .c. Mendoza, Philippines nationality and a divorcee. I
would like to have a long lasting and confidant relationship with you by
entrusting my life time fortune into your possession. For 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 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.I was once the mistress of our President, Joseph Estrada, and during
his regime, I was been used as a courier to depositing his funds, but due to
the fracas I had with his wife, Madam Loi and her son, Jude, it cause a
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
of 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. But now, I have been
released and I am under security watch and seriously monitored. All I wanted
from you is to assist me make claims of some funds I did deposited abroad,
As the other deposits documents have been consficated and seized by the
Government of Madam Gloria, the President.

But, this said deposit is the only fund they could not see as I did kept the
documents with one of my close confidant who was also arrested. The Amount
being deposited is $20.2 million, as this was the money that was supposed
to be used by the President to aquire some properties in America and Europe.
All I want from you now is honesty and sincereity, as soon as this money is
claimed by you, I will look for a way out and travel down to meet you, So we
can go into a life time partnership together in investing this money in your
country and anywhere else you prefer.


Sincerely ,


Madam Susan Mendoza.

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