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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: "Mrs Edilyn Mercapo Padilla" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edilynmercapopadilla@w.cn>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:20 +0100
Subject: Greetings!

Greetings,

I am Mrs Edilyn Mercapo Padilla , Director Credit & Marketing, Philippine National Bank, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City Philippines 1300. I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital

Funds and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made $9Million from Investor's EMRCP and hereby

looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Tenure Investment Proceeds.

Brief history of funds: I have more than 208 Corporate Investors attached to my portfolio whose Capital Investment Funds are being managed and administered by me. This Capital Investment Funds has

a value of over US$19.2Billion net. The US$19.2B is been used for trading in Stock Market, Crude Oil and Lending with Profit Returns. Every end of year, each corporate investor is expected to

receive interest from his total Investment Capital Funds. However, I make an excess of 1.2% from the Investor's Investment Capital Funds annually which have exceeded our targeted 20% of Total

Investment Capital Funds. This extra of 1.2% from the 21.2% is been retained by me as my personal profits for managing the Capital Investment. However, I cannot claim these funds without presenting

someone to stand as an Investor otherwise our establishment will convert the funds into the company's treasury. This is why I have come to you for the deal to take place.

This is a fair deal without any risk attached either on your part or on my part as long as we comply with the laws governing the claiming of funds in our establishment. I do not want you to come

down to sign the Investor's Funds Release Order because you cannot defend the source of the funds during the signing as our remittance department may decide to ask you some salient questions which

you may not answer correctly thereby jeopardizing the transaction. Therefore you will inform our establishment that you will not be able to come down for the signing. I will work with an attorney.

to perfect all arrangements in your favour and the funds will be paid to you for our own use.

Send to me your full names, address and Tel, so that the attorney can start putting together the necessary paperwork that would facilitate the release of the money to you.
Please reply via my Private Email:edilynmercapopadilla@w.cn

Kind regards,

Mrs Edilyn Mercapo Padilla.

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