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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: cubem789 <cubem789@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 10:48:48 +0000
Subject:



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My Name is Mrs.Mariano Enrique wife to Mr.Enrique Aboitiz from
Philippine,who was the Deputy Secretary General of Bayan Muna
party-list group in Southern Tagalog Who was attacked and killed in
our house on the JUNE 12TH 2011 from your profile I believe in me that
you ought to be a very honest person, I need someone who would take
for whom I am and as a life time partner, after making claims of my
deposited life Before my late husband was killed he made total sum of
(Fourteen million USD) from the sales of gold and cocoa this money is
deposited with a firm in ABROAD.

My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I
believe I can confide on you to assist me retrieve and invest this
money for the benefit of you and me. I hope that you can be trusted,
that you will not sit on this money when you claim it I will give you
the contact of the security company in ABROAD for you to contact them
and give them your address for the immediate shipment of the box today
I have made up my mind to give you 30% of the total money for your
help, after you have secured the box for me.

And as soon as Diplomatic shipping agent approved the shipment and
tell you the arrival date of the box then I will join you to give you
25% of the money instantly before I go on with the proposed investment
in your domain provided is secured and investment friendly. Please if
you are interested and willing to represent me as my business partner
/ associate kindly write me as soon as possible.

Thanks for your comprehension and willingness to assist Contact me for
more details

Await your urgent reply.
With Love,
Mrs.Mariano Enrique

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