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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: malaarni2004@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:25:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Dear

My Dear

I am Mrs.Laarni Enriquez , 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 fund. Well, I would like to give you a brief description of my life.I was once a personal adviser to Philippines ex- President, Joseph
Estrada, and during his regime, I was been used as a courier to depositing his fund, but due to the fracas I had with his wife, Madam Loi and her son, Jude, it cause a public embarrasment and filipino's citizens rumoured 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 Joseph Estrada. 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 fund I did deposited abroad, As the other deposits documents have been consficated and seized by the Government of Madam Gloria, the present 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 acquire some properties in America and
Europe. All I want from you now is honesty and sincereity, as soon as this fund 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 the fund in your country and anywhere else you prefer.

Sincerely ,

Mrs.Laarni Enriquez.





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