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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: Godwin Emefiele <committeepanel1999@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:03:51 +0200
Subject: Awaiting your urgent response,


Av. de la Constitución, 4, 4ºdcha,
08003 Barcelona
Contact Person: Santiago Talavera
Email: barrsantiagotalavera303@gmail.com

Attention:

I am Barrister Santiago Talavera, I work in the Auditing /Legal Department
of a Financial institution here in Geneva – Switzerland, but presently
working with BBVA Bank in Spain .I believe and feel quite safe revealing
this important business and will be glad to execute it with you if you are
capable.

My assurance to you is that this transaction is 100% risk free to both
parties. I am only contacting you who are a foreigner because the BANK is
going to welcome you if I present you as the benefactor that has correct
information/details about the said deposit.

Please I would like you to (view) log on to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rafic_Haririmaps/hariri-rafic for
more information and proper understanding about the deceased depositor of
the said fund before reading any further. On February 14, 2005 Hariri was
assassinated by a massive car bomb explosion next to his motorcade in
Beirut. He was 60 years old and is survived by his wife, Nazek and six
children.More than a dozen other people were also killed in the bombing.
During my last momentary auditing, I discovered that Rafik Bahaa Edine
Hariri made a Safe Deposit in our BBVA GROUP which he left no beneficiary.

My investigation revealed to me as well that, his company and family do
not know anything about this particular deposit,and this deposit has been
dormant since 2005 because nobody knows that such a deposit exists, hence I
contacted you.The amount is US$14,700,000.00 (Fourteen Million Seven
Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) and this fund will be released to you if
you can cooperate with me. I need your full cooperation to make this work
out fine.

Being a top Legal officer executive at BBVA , I have all the secret
details and necessary information/contacts for release of the said funds
with no encumbrance. If you can handle this transaction for our joint
benefit, please get back to ms Cristiana.me so that we can proceed further,
as what is required now is to register you as the Benefactor so that the
fund could be released to you. I will also use my position to influence and
effect legal approvals and immediate release of the funds into your account
with appropriate clearance from the department concerned.

NOTE:Your business status does not matter in this transaction, what matters
is your ability to handle the amount of this magnitude. As soon as the
transfer is concluded, you will retain 40% as compensation for your
assistance. while me and my colleagues take 60%of the funds

Awaiting your urgent response,

Yours faithfully,

Anthonio Lopez

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