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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: "Miguel Pinto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <miguelpintos171@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 03:07:27 -0700
Subject: Business Proposal

Hello

My name is Don.Miguel pintos, I am a lawyer. In fact, I came across you when I was looking for someone with the family name of my deceased client, an engineer named Mr. David. He died together with his wife and two children in a terrible car accident; unfortunately all the inhabitants of the accident lost their lives.

Before his death, my client deposited a sum of US $ 8,800,000.00 (eight million eight hundred thousand dollars) at a bank here in Spain . The bank has empowered me to present the new beneficiary to the money left in the bank by my deceased client. Otherwise the money will be confiscated and handed over as unused to the Spanish Treasury. His bank accounts have been declared as an inactive account and unproven assets, as granted by the Spanish Legislation Act, Section 102 (2) and Section 203 (1B). I do not want to confiscate this money, because some corrupt officials in the banking system will misfate the money without giving it to the State Treasury

Since then, I have been searching for my client's survivors, which has proved to be very difficult after he had not disclosed any relatives, partners or other contacts. Meanwhile, an ultimatum was imposed on me, which I must present an heir. In this sense, I am proposing to you that I will present you to the bank as the new beneficiary and as the next relative to my deceased client. In my role as his lawyer, I will state your name as his next survivor. I will prepare all the necessary documents that can assert your claims and enable the money to be released.

Be assured that this business is risk free because I've worked out all modalities to complete the process. I would suggest that 20% of the money is donated to relief organization, while the usual 80% is distributed evenly to us. Please reply me via e-mail or fax or call me to clarify any further questions. My phone: +34632368270 Fax NO: +3491 19 8 3919 or E-mail: Miguelpintos@consultant.com But if this proposal is against your moral values, please cancel, and fax back to me so I can search for potential and serious person .


Best regards,
Lawyer Don.Miguelpintos
EMAIL- Miguelpintos@consultant.com

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