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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: "LOTTO BOARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pedro.pisapisa@spainmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 06:13:07 -0700
Subject: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!


Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to notify you on the due process of your outstanding contractual payment, which was suspended due to your inability to perfect the requirements as at when due.

Your monetary entitlement was returned back to the Ministerio de hacienda Spain as a result of your inability to complete the payment process requirement within the stipulated time period. Following the return of your monetary entitlement to the account of the Ministerio de hacienda Spain as its sole purpose was not completed as at when due, the funds were invested as capital and it generated a total of 62% as accrued interest on investment over time.

An agreement was reached in your favour between the international community representatives and the Ministerio de hacienda Spain concerning the huge debt from countries owed to foreigners. To be concise, the world powers comprising the European union, World bank, International monetary fund and the United Nations, who has headedly facilitated this move, has advanced further to make it a success with 100% credibility, to scrutinize all eligible beneficiaries and release payment indebted to the beneficiaries accordingly.

In view of the following reasons, you are about to be credited with the value of €5,952,000.00, being payment with accumulated interest of your long overdue monetary entitlement in Spain. This decision was resolved having considered numerous petitions from unpaid contractual, lottery and inheritance funds to beneficiaries. In your best interest, you are advised to STOP further communication with your initial contact in respect to the subject matter as it will be in your favour.

We have decided to contact you for re-verification and further clarification on this issue, which you are required to contact the permanent secretary with the below detailed information for further directives and information on how to proceed on claim. Endeavour to provide the following re-verification information as requested below for swift communication;


Contact: Pedro Pisa-Pisa (Abogado)
Tel: +34 632 052 596
Fax: +34 917 903 754
Email: pedro.pisapisa@spainmail.com

PLEASE FILL THE REQUESTED INFORMATIONS BELOW IN CAPITAL LETTERS:

FULL NAMES: _______________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE: MOBILE: ____________________________

FAX: ___________________________ EMAIL: __________________________

AGE: _____________ AMOUNT IN FIGURES: _____________________________________

AMOUNT IN WORDS: _________________________________________________________


Sincerely,
Mrs Jose Maria Labeaga Azcona (Director)
Centro de formacion, Ministerio de Hacienda España.


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