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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: "Ramento" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msceciliaramento@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:10:57 +0200
Subject: Mrs. Cecilia Ramento

Hello Dear,
Please my dear, do not feel embarrassed by my mail to you. I am Mrs. Cecilia Ramento,
The wife of Bishop Alberto Ramento the prominent human right defender and chairperson
of the Philippine independent church community for the movement national freedom.
Who his sudden killing on the 3rd of October 2006 has been a shock to me and my children.
Well during my late husband death threat, he gave me the total sum of $ 8.5, million dollars
for the up keeping/future of our children and asks me to put it in a metallic box and deposit it
in a security and finance company abroad. This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement
as a family treasure. This means that the security company does not even know the content of
this trunk box.
Since the death of my late husband, the Philippine government has blocked all me and my late
husband account and also my late husband family has succeed in collecting from me all the
properties of my late husband, trying to leave me with nothing for the future of my children I am
contacting you because I want you to help me in securing the money in the box for the future of
my children.
Since my late husband family made it impossible for me to have access to calls or to move out of
the house as they always monitor me. I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you
claim it.I will give you 20% of the total money after you have successfully secured the box.

For your assistance to me. If you are willing to help me, email me back though this ID ( msceciliaramento@aim.com )
so that we can discuss in details.

Thank you.
Mrs. Cecilia Ramento

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