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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: Roberto Salvado <bertosalvado@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:23:12 +0400
Subject: FOR YOUR PERUSAL


I have a proposition and i will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in
this matter until the task is accomplished.
Now my questions are:
1. Can you handle a financial project of $8.953650 million us dollars Can I
give you this financial trust as a trustee/stake holder? I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit you and I,as the regional manager
of the Barclays bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head
office Barclays bank in Madrid Spain.My name is Mr Roberto Salvado the
manager of Barclay's bank in Barcelona - Espagne.I have huge amount of
funds existence with out clams in my bank,which belongs to the late
customer, who happens to be a citizen of your country.He was on a trip to
japan to visit his company and never return back to Spain.Later I
discovered that he was involved in deadly Earthquake in japan in 2011.His
fund is now without claims.

I want your cooperation to receive this fund as the new beneficiary, so
that we can have an agreement and work hand to hand with the bank to
transfer this fund legally into your nominated account.As an officer of
this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of
contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and
get 35% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no risks
involved,it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to
stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit
with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your
designated bank account.If you accept to work with me Send the followings
for easy communication.

Full Name:---------------
Contact Address:---------
Telephone Number:--------
Fax Number:--------------
Occupation:--------------
Sex:---------------------
Age:---------------------
Marital Status:----------
Nationality:-------------
The name of the closest airport to your country of
residence:----------
I will appreciate it very much. reply me so that we can go over the
details.Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.
Yours truly
Roberto Salvado

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