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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: "Mr. CARLOS FERNANDEZ" <networks@emorat.net>
Reply-To: Phillipjohndon@protonmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:59:14 +0000
Subject: Greetings!



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Attention:
My greetings to you. I am Mr.Carlos Fernandez, I am a private financial
consultant in Spain. A Spanish Citizen, I have a business proposal that
I wish to present to you. I am contacting you in regards to my deceased
client, who died of a heart attack. In the year 2010, before his death,
he deposited the Sum of ( $16,200,000,00.USD) Sixteen Million Two
Hundred Thousand United States of American Dollars, in a Bank here in
Spain. He had no will with the bank, or outstanding instructions in
regards to this deposit before his death.
After his death, the bank have informed me as his Financial Consultant
representative here in Spain, to get in contact with his family members
or relatives to come forward for this Deposit claim.
I have carried out every efforts, to find his family member or relatives
However, because of the new banking laws here in Spain, a lot of reform
has been made within the Spanish Banking system; this includes the new
law on abandoned deposits/claims which indicates a duration in which
such deposit can be tolerated. For this reason I decided to contact you
to present you as the next of kin family representative to my deceased
client since you bear the same surname with my late client.
After my discussion with the head of the accounts department of the
bank, I should present someone as the family representative for this
claim. After a period of time the bank will confiscate this deposit and
the top bank directors will share the deposit among themselves, since
nobody is coming for it.
I have put in place all necessary documents concerning the release of
this deposit funds, and it is my intention to introduce this opportunity
to you. Since my late client died without leaving any instructions
before his death, and he told me in confidence that nobody else knows
about this deposit. He lost his wife 2 years before his death and they
had no children.
I will prepare all the legal documents that will prove you as the family
representative. Upon your acceptance to cooperate with me, I agree that
50% of this deposit money will be for you as a foreign partner, while
50% will be for me. For Security & Confidential reasons I strongly
advise that you contact me immediately after you receive my email
through my emails :Phillipjohndon@protonmail.com You should get in
touch with me with your contact details, Full Name Private Telephone and
Fax Number and your Email Contact. Once I receive your contact details,
I will get back to you with more details and next step on how we will
proceed with this claim.
In conclusion, it’s my utmost concern to demand your ultimate honesty,
co-operation and confidentiality. I GUARANTEE that this process will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will legally protect you
from any breach of law.
Thank you and I urgently look forward to hear from you.
Yours, Sincerely.
Mr. CARLOS FERNANDEZ
645801276: icq account

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