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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: Jose Martinez <jatinezz45@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:12:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Thanks for your good intention.


Dear Robert,
I am most grateful for your mail, and I seize this opportunity to thank you for given my email a consideration, and to also let you know that this proposal is a straight forward and legal. I am somebody with a conscience, I would tell you straight away so that you know what is involved and decide for yourself. I hope you were not too embarrassed by my first emails to you since you do not know me.
I had no option since my immediate and extended family in and outside refused to distribute my funds because they want to keep it to themselves. I know that this will at least bring you benefit of a doubt, but due to this fact since i will not be able to speak with you on phone because of my condition i have appealed to the nurses in charge to please find me a photo man who can have some picture of me which i will send to you so you can at least see what exactly i am suffering from.
I didn't know how to move the funds out and dispatched it to charity organizations due to my illness, so I resulted to putting fate to test and making a random contact. I got your email address from a private search which I did on the Internet am communicating with only you at this moment with regards to this assignment, And I would not have any cause to do otherwise, except you state your intention to withdraw your assistance. Just like I stated in my first mail to you, this fund is presently in a bank in Europe and they would be able to transfer it to your account or rather advice you to travel down for the remittance in person due to your own best interest.

I cannot distribute these funds myself because of the following reasons:
(1) I am under going medical treatment. It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts

(2) I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations and churches, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.
It is for this reasons I am seeking for your assistance to stand as the beneficiary to the fund and retrieve it on my behalf and dispatched it to charity organizations, I will send to you some names of these organizations too. All the necessary documents required to get the Funds out of the bank in Europe are in my possession and I will be sending them to you After we must have come to a conclusion and reached an Agreement. Not Before. I need you to give me your word that you will be very Honest and straight forward with me when the money gets to you as long as you can execute this Project successfully and help me dispatched it to charity organizations. As soon as the funds are released out to you, my desire for you on dispatching the funds and reimbursing your self is as follows:
80% distributed to the charity organizations
15% for you which leaves you with $675,000.00 USD
5% for all financial situations
Thus, I would need you to get back to me on the following issues,
(1) That you are in a position to be trusted as a God fearing person with such a large amount of fund and dispatched it to charity organization.

(2) That you are ready to sign a letter of guarantee with me, clearly stating the terms of this transaction, including your percentage and dispatching the remaining funds to charity organizations.
(3) That you are willing to contact the bank/security finance company in Europe to discuss the terms of releasing the funds and meet up with the requirement.

(4) That you fully understand this transaction up to this stage and you are ready to proceed under these terms. As soon as I receive your reply that you are ready to proceed under these terms, then I will furnish you with all details including the bank details. But if you have any questions up to this stage, please ask and I will be more than happy to respond to them. And I will also send you all the necessary documentation to conclude this Project. I await your response.
Thanks for your mail,

Best wishes,
Mr. Martinez.



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