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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: "isabel jose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <isabeljose@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:05:17 +0100
Subject: ISABEL JOSE

From:Mrs. Isabel Jose

I am Mrs. Isabel Jose from Spain married to Mr. Joe Armstrong from Sierra Leone for eleven years
now, we have three kids, and I am the manager of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of Caixa Catalunya Bank here in Barcelona, Spain. I have a business proposal which I believe that
will be a very Good opportunity for both of us so I decided to contact you on this business opportunity
in our bank, the business is this I discovered an abandoned sum of 10.500m US dollars (Ten million
five hundred thousand united states dollars) in our safety deposit vault that belongs to one of our foreign
customer. Who died along with his entire family on 15th April 2005 in a ghastly motor accident along
Valencia express way. since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his money because the management can not release it unless somebody applies
for it as next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately I learnt that
all his family died alongside with him at the motor accident leaving nobody behind for the claim.

Since you have the same surname with this deceased customer you can easily make this deal with me
without any problem, I will give you all the secret information's of this deposit which will help you to
claim this money as the true next of kin. It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this
business proposal to you so that the bank will release this money to you as the next of kin to the
deceased since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the banks treasury as
unclaimed funds or declared to the government of Spain, once this 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 and
map out something for charity from the money and share the rest .I agreed that 40 % of this total money
will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to your acceptance to do this business with me, while
60 % would be for me and my family. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your
account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the next of kin of the deceased indicating your
interest of claim of your inherited funds, upon receipt of your reply through my above fax number, 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 notice that this transaction is a hitch free that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been made perfectly.

Please take note my Husband is the only one that I have discussed this business with and we both
agreed to do this business with you, he answers my phone anytime I am at work or not around my
phone, for the security of this business, because of my position in the bank my phone might be
monitored. So I think that it's better to be discussing with my husband on the phone (+34 634 150 011)
while l should be arranging everything in the bank for smooth transaction. Please send to me
via my direct fax (+34 935 504 284) or email (isabeljose@rocketmail.com) immediately, your
telephone numbers, and your cell phone number your house telephone number, your private fax
number, for easy communication; I will call you as soon as I receive your mail with your full
information.

At this moment you should feel free to contact me through fax (+34 935 504 284) or
(isabeljose@rocketmail.com) as soon as you receive this letter. You should understand 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. I will level the whole arrangement here in the bank for the transfer
to be approved immediately. Please take note my husband is the only one that I have discussed
this business with and we both agreed to do this business with you.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Isabel Jose

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