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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: " Juan Domingo"<juandomingo94@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: <juandoingo@breakthru.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:01:28 +0200
Subject: Please respond urgently

30th June, 2009
>From Juan Domingo.

I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. My name is Juan F Domingo a Solicitor working with EJC (Estudio Juridico Castellana) with address: C/Caracas Nº 16-5-33B, Madrid 28010 Spain. Actually, I got your contact information from your country's public records while searching for a last name similar to my Late client, a business mogul who had many casinos and restaurants, lived in Spain for many years, On the Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, my client, his wife and their one child were involved in a plane crash in the Madrid airport. You can confirm through this website: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4368631n

My client has a deposit of $7.3M (SEVEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in a bank in the United Kingdom, following my letter to the bank immediately after the death of my client, The bank has mandated me as his personal lawyer to present any family heir/inheritor for claims, before the fund gets confiscated or reverts as unclaimed fund. Since then I have been searching for any of my late client's relative which has been very difficult for me, as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his deposit. I will not like you to involve any third party in this transaction, just me and you, besides I am doing this on my own personal capacity and do not wish to bring my office into it.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to my late client since you both share the same last name so that the fund will be transferred to you. With my position as his lawyer, I will now place your name as the next of kin to my late client. I will prepare every relevant document that will assist your claims, Note that this transaction is 100% risk free; I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully. Once the fund is transferred to your account, I propos 40% for you and 10% for any expenses we may incur and 50% for me. If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me otherwise reply via my private email: juandoingo@breakthru.com or you can call me on Tel no: +34 634 181 898 for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me even if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.


Best Regard,

Juan F Domingo (ESQ)

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