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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: "Buffet de Abogados F.A JURADO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nevij28@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 05:54:38 -0800
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

Calle Ramon Patuel 12, 28017 Madrid-España.
Tel:-+34 602 473 627
Email: gamezfrangamez@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                         
REF: BARR/PL/NPA/HCX/05CVX/NV16ESP
 
 
                                IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
        
How are you?
 
I must request your confidence in this transaction; This is by virtue of its nature as totally confidential and top secret. Even though a transaction of this magnitude will make someone feel apprehensive and worried, I can assure you that everything will go well.
 
Allow me to start by introducing myself. My names are  Francisco Jurado, a personal lawyer for the late Mr. Sérgio Fernandes Silva, known as my deceased client.
This electronic mail could be a surprise for you, as we have not had previous correspondence between us.
My purpose is to help ensure the funds that my deceased client has given up, to prevent the confiscation of the declared unusable by the Bank in Spain, fund valued at €12, 700,000.00 (Twelve Millions Seven Hundred Thousand Euros) deposited by my client before his death.
 
The Bank has sent me a notice to contact the family members or the account will be declare unserviceable and the fund will be diverted to  the Bank's treasury. Until now, all my efforts to locate someone related to him have resulted unsuccessful.
 
In fact, I ask for your consent to present you to the Bank as a beneficiary of the fund of my deceased client, so that the product of this account can be paid to you (bearing in mind that the inheritance is not limited to the relationships with the deceased, limits the parental relationship circuit, as it is by choice of the benefactor with respect to who wants to VOLUNTEER, it can be formally in writing or informally by disclosing secret information to the beneficiary).
 
I will provide all documents to support the claim as the beneficiary of my client. All I need is your honest cooperation and commitments to allow us to complete this transaction.
I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared between charitable organizations, while the remaining 90% would be shared equally between us.
This transaction is completely risk-free. I will use my position as the client's attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. We will provide details and relevant documents that will help you to understand this transaction.
Kind Regards.
 
Attorney Francisco Jurado
 
Francisco Jurado & Associates Buffet de Abogados

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