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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: "madamlaarnienriguez@yahoo.com.ph" <madamlaarninrqz84@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:09:13 +0000
Subject: neGreeting From Laarnie .E. Enriquez!!!


*neGreeting From Laarnie .E. Enriquez!!!
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatahu"

Hello,

I am MadamLaarni .E.Enriquez, a native of Filipino nationality, and a
divorcee. I would like to have a long lasting and confidant relationship
with you,if possible entrusting my life time fortune into your possession,
as 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 tenure in office, 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 causes a public embarrasement and people
came to know that I had been having an affair with the President.

But, not quite long, I was arrested, together with his wife and son in
connection with 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.
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 Belfast UK, As the other deposits documents have
been consficated and seized by the government of Madam Gloria, the
President. But this one is the only one 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 much about 20.2 million Euros, as this was
the money that was supposed to be used by the President to aquires ome
properties in America, Europe and All, I want from you, now is honesty and
sincerity, As soon as this money is claimed by you, I will look for a way
out and sneaked out of Filipina and travel down to meet you, So we can go
into a life time partnership together investing this money in your country
or anywhere else you prefer.

Your's Sincerely,
*

**

*Madam Laarni .E. Enriquez.*

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