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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: Luis Mac Ripol <info@ripolabogadoslawfirm.es>
Reply-To: luismacripol2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:27:06 -0300
Subject: Proposal

Dear Friend,
My name is Luis Mac Ripol of the Ripol Abogados Law Firm . I actually
got your contact information through the Internet public records while
searching for a foreign partner that will assist me with the transfer of
funds of a business magnate by name Robert Munster who lived in Spain
for
Thirteen years. He died along with his family during the Tsunami
catastrophe which occurred December 2004.
Before his death, he deposited the sum of (16,550,000.00 Dollars )
Sixteen
Million ,Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars, with a Financial
/Security
institutions here in Spain. The financial institution being aware of
his
sudden death , have mandated me to present a member of his family
(heir/inheritor) or next of kin to make Claims of the fund, otherwise it
will be forfeited and reverts to the treasury of the Spanish Ministry
of
finance & the Central Bank , as unclaimed. This is in accordance
with the Spanish law, such fortune is automatically bequeathed to the
government if there is no heir or next of kin to the deceased that would
surface to claim the fortune. However, this law is unjust and inhuman as
it often creates an avenue for the top officials of some financial
institutions to divert such fortunes for their own selfish use. On that
ground, I decided to search for any of my late client's relative which
has
been proved abortive as he did not declare any next of kin, partner or
relatives in the official paper including the deposit certificate and
did
not make any will (en-state) with us.
Against this backdrop, I decided to contact you to join me to put claims
on this deposit before it`s forfeited to the authorities, my suggestion
to
you is that I will like to present you as the beneficiary to this
deposit,
since both of you are both foreign nationals, I know you may not in
anyway related to my late client, but By virtue of my position as his
personal Attorney, I will now place your name as the next of kin/
foreign
partner to my late client. I will prepare every relevant legal document
that will assist your claims and facilitate the release of the fund to
you
without any breach of the law.
Note, this transaction is 100% risk free, there is no single risk
connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to
complete
the transaction successfully. Once the fund is released to you, we shall
share in the ratio of 50% for me, 45% for you while remaining 5% for
any
expenses incurred during the cause of securing this deposit. If my
proposal is acceptable to you, reply via my private
email.luismacripol2@gmail.com
for further discussion on how to proceed.
Best regards.
Barrister Luis Mac Ripol Esq
Email.luismacripol2@gmail.com

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