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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Arlene" <arlene.trillanes@centrum.sk>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:33:55 +0200
Subject: From Miss Arlene Trillanes


From Miss Arlene Trillanes
I am Miss.Arlene G.O.F.Trillanes of the 145, General Trias Street,Dasmarinas - Manila here in the Philippines. I am the only sister of senator Antonio Trillanes,who was arrested and since detained by the goverment forces on the 29th day of November 2007.You may wish to update yourself with more family &amp; official pictures and news about my senior brother here: 
 http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/3007.cfm
 I have the honour most respectfully beg to fall at your foot of mercy with this my humble message appealing to your good  conscience, as a fellow human, to come to my rescue with my brother's family presently left stranded with the arrest and detention of my brother - senator Antonio Trillanes -  by the government of the Philippines since on the 29the of November 2007 because of his involvement in failed coup attempt that took place that day. Am not here to beg for arms but rather seeking for your sincere co-operation to recommend you to stand as my partner and proxy-benefitiary to apply for the retreival,air-freight/shipment of a Safe Deposit Box (SDB) containing the sum of £20.2million  which is the funds my brother earlier "saved" secretly in my name as the benefitiary and deposited with a private security vault in London  to your country and arrange for us to come over to meet you after you have taken delivery of the bargage. Despite the sensitive nature of his case, my brother is a popular politician in our country hence i can not seek for an official assylum but a private arrangement like this to get out my country to give peace to myself and my brother's family get them back to school overseas.I am ready to conceed a reasonably negotiated percentage fair to both of us. Though the management and staff of this security firm do not know the real contents of the bargage because we declared it as family valuables/asian artifice and deposited under a special diplomatic arrangement so that the luggage could be freighted,shipped and/or  delivered anywhere in the world immuned from any scrutiny/search by any security agents but I assure you here that if you give me a positive response to be my partner in this deal,I give you assurance of a very fair negotiation and a profitable  business worth undertaking by both of us.  I wait your response when  I will give you all the details of the procedure we shall fellow to commence and complete the entire project.
It is also important for you to note that before all our family's local bank accounts and other assets were frozen by our government since last December 2007,all the costs of storage charges, maintenance and dipmlomatic tag for the box  has been fully paid for at the time of deposit at the tune of £27,630  and all the deposited related documents are avaialble to me to facilitate the application for claims and retreival.
 Please your urgent response!
God bless you and Best Regards,
Miss Arlene Trillanes



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