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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: Diplomatic <Philippine@domigoservice.com>
Reply-To: enmar34@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:10:07 +0000
Subject:



--
I am Madam Mariano Enrique -a citizen of Philippine, widow, and
legitimate heir to the

Institution is DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE (late) who was assassinated for
been working with

the ex-president Joseph .E in Philippine.

I inherited a total sum of 19.3 million dollars from my late husband,
The pressure from

my decease husband's family for this money has compelled me to leave
Manila and have the

money which is concealed in a box is deposited with a security and
finance company in

ABROAD under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.

This means that the security company does not know the content of this
box that was

shipped from the Philippine to ABROAD under a diplomatic coverage. My
purpose of asking

for your assistance boil down to the fact that I don't want my late
husband's family to

be aware or name involve, and the deposit statement of the box
authorized the company to

make this box available for shipment on request only to my foreign business

representative, though unnamed.

Hence I want you to contact the the security company as my business
partner / associate,

after receiving the prove from me to enable the company release the
consignment to you

diplomatically, while I join you on the arrival of the box.

All you need to do is to help me contact the security company and
introduce yourself as

my business partner / associate ,requesting the shipment of the box to
your address

which you will provide.

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.

I awaits your urgent response
Best wishes
Madam Mariano Enrique

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