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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: "From: Mrs. Ana Lopez Rivera" <anarive00000002@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: anarivera104@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:03:20 -0700
Subject: From: Mrs. Ana Lopez Rivera<>>>>>>>>>>>>.REPLY ASAP

=46rom: Mrs. Ana Lopez Rivera

Tellephone: +34 630 089 205

PLEASE I WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU LET ALL YOUR COMUNICATION B=
E ON MY PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT
riveraana127000@yahoo.com.hk

Kindly Attention:=20
=09=09=09
I am Mrs. Ana Lopez Rivera from Spain married to Mr. Alexander Rivera=
Beato from South Africa for seven years and am blessed with two=20
kids, I am the manager bills and exchange at the foreign remittance d=
epartment of Banco La Caixa here in Barcelona, Spain. I have a=20
business proposal which I believe that it will be a very Good opportu=
nity for both of us. So I decided to contact you on this business=
=20
opportunity in our bank. The business is this, I discovered an abando=
ned sum of USD $45 million (Fourty Five Million United States=20
Dollars) in our safety deposit vault that belongs to one of our forei=
gn customer who died along with his entire family in a car=20
accident on the Barcelona Highway Spain in March 2006. A prominent cu=
stomer of our bank happens to share the same FAMILY=92S NAME with=
=20
you.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting any =
of his next of kin to come over and claim his money because the=20
management can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next =
of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but=
=20
unfortunately, I learnt that all his family died alongside with him a=
t the motor accident leaving nobody behind for the claim.=20
Since you have the same surname with this deceased customer you can e=
asily make this deal with me, I will give you all the secret=20
information=92s of this deposit which will help you to claim this mon=
ey as the next of kin. it is therefore upon this discovery that I=
=20
decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money =
to you as the next of kin to the deceased since nobody is coming=
=20
for it and I don=92t want this money to go into the banks treasury a=
s unclaimed funds or declared to the government of Spain, once this=
=20
is done, the government of Spain will confiscate the funds, which is =
not good for both of us instead its better for us to do the deal=20
and map out something for charity from the money and share the rest I=
agreed that 60 % of this money will be for you as a foreign partner,=
in respect to your acceptance to do this business with me, while 40 =
% would be for me and my family.=20

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your accou=
nt as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the next of=20
kin of the deceased indicating your interest of claim of your inherit=
ed funds, upon receipt of your reply through my above email or=20
telephone call, I will send to you by fax the text of the application=
which you will send to the bank. I will not fail to bring to your=
=20
notice that this transaction is a hitch free that you should not ente=
rtain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made=
=20
perfectly.=20

At this moment you should feel free to contact me through above conta=
cts as soon as you receive this letter. You should understand=20
that this should be kept very confidential, let it be between you, me=
and my husband only. This is the only way we can achieve success.=
=20
I will level the whole arrangement here in the bank for the transfer =
to be approved immediately.=20
=20
Please take note, my Husband is the only one that I have discussed th=
is business with and we both agreed to do this business with you,=
=20
he answers my phone anytime I am at work or not around. For the secu=
rity of this business please feel free to call my husband on his=
=20
number+34 =85=85 at any time, because of my position in the bank my=
phone might be monitored so I think that its better to be discussing=
=20
with my husband on the phone while I should be arranging everything i=
n the bank for smooth transaction.

I will be waiting to hearing from you.And please try all your possibl=
e best to call me on my direct number +34 630 089 205 if you are real=
ly serious to do this deal.

Best regards,

Mrs. Ana Lopez Rivera

PLEASE I WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU LET ALL YOUR COMUNICATION B=
E ON MY PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT
riveraana127000@yahoo.com.hk

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