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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: roces <susan.roces030@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: roces <susan.roces01@live.fr>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:34:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear,


 Hello Dear,

My name is Susan Roces,The wife of Mr. Fernando Poe, Jr. a presidential candidate during the last may

10 2004 election and a friend to the former president Joseph Estrada in Philippine. who his sudden death on the 14th of December 2004 has been a shock to me and my only daughter.

Well during my late husband's friendly relationship with the president Joseph Estrada regime, I realized
some reasonable amount of money from various deals that I successfully executed and my business as an actress in Philippine of which the Government has block all of my accounts in Philippine, trying to leave me with nothing.

Well before my late husband sudden death, I secretly put in a box the sum of $25,000,000 million
USD (Twenty-five million United states dollars) and deposit it in a security company abroad for the future
of my only daughter.

I am contacting you now because I want you to help me in securing the money for the future of my daughter since my late husband family made it impossible for me to move out of the house and they are monitoring me.

I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you claim it. i will give you 17% of the total
money for your assistance and 3% of the money after you have secured the box just for compensation on what you spent in helping me to secure the box. if you are willing to help me, email me

Best regards
Mrs Susan Roces

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