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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: "Mr.Bernard Molina" <bernardm3@myway.com>
Reply-To: bernardmolina1@ozu.es
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:13:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Very Urgent


















Mr.Bernard Molina Tel: 00 34 697 613 006Good day Moo,I am contacting you because of a business proposal concerning a huge sum of money from a deceased Mr.Joseph Simmons. He deposited in the Security and Finance Company where I work here in Madrid, Spain. Actually, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction. I discovered this abandoned deposit in my company by Mr. Joseph Simmons, who was one of our foreign customers. He died alongside with his entire family as a result of the Corncorde Aircrash in France, 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmActually he deposited this funds amounting to US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve million United States Dollars), for safe keeping in my company here in Madrid. Company’s records shows that the funds was actually for a project our late costumer wanted to start in the near future (a multi million Dollar steel plant in Florida, USA), before his sudden and untimely death.Since his death none of his relations or
next-of-kin has come forward to lay claims for this property as the heir, and this is basically the reason why I am contacting you.And my company cannot release the property unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our Operation-Guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following;(1) Full name and address (2) Direct Telephone and fax numbers (3) Occupation and position (4) Nationality (5) Date of birth (6) marital status (7) Gender/sex These requirements will enable me file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favor before you can personally apply and appear for the claim. I shall
be compensating you with 30% of the total money while 10% will be for any expenses required and the rest will be mine on final conclusion of this project.Please note that your share stays while the rest shall be for my investment purposes.If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. I await your urgent mail. Best Regards,Mr.Bernard Molina





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