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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: "ENRIQUE GOMEZ GARCIA & ASSOCIATES" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 05:06:45 -0500
Subject: REFERENCE TO YOUR UNCLAIMED FUND

ENRIQUE GOMEZ GARCIA & ASSOCIATES
Calle de Daoiz y Velarde. 6,-2º-B
28807 ALCALA DE HENARES, MADRID SPAIN.
E-Mail: enriquegomezlawatgarcia@aol.com

Ref. No:BARR/5487642/2016/ES.

Release Of Unclaimed International/Lottery/Inheritant/Contract/Fund Notification.

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

It’s our pleasure to inform you that the office of unclaimed Inheritant/International Transfer/ Winning Lottery/Unpaid Contract fund in Ministry of Justice Madrid Spain (Instruccion Numero 16) has appointed our law firm (ENRIQUE GOMEZ GARCIA & ASSOCIATES) as legal representative toward the processing to payment of your international unclaimed fund which has been credited to your File No BARR/5487642/2016/ES in your name with Banco La Caixa Madrid Spain with a total cash payout of € 2,815,610. 00 (TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TEN EURO ONLY). Including the interest amount accrued under Act. 2015. Section 493 of International Unclaimed payment Fund.

For over the years the initial transferrable deposit was lend to Banco Popular Espana by the Spanish Office Board Of Unclaimed Fund that manage unclaimed payment funds on behalf of the hier under Ministrio de Hacienda Espana. Last week the committee from the Ministry of Justice Madrid Spain made a unanimous decision that unclaimed fund beneficiary need to be contacted for their claims and our law firm were mandated with your claim reference file number that instruct us to contact you with the information of your unclaimed international payment fund that there is a new development which clear your file number for processing of the total sum of € 2,815,610. 00 (TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TEN EURO ONLY) to your bank account with immediate effect.

For your information and advice in other to receive your international payment fund, our law firm requires you to send an empty bank account information bearing your names to our email or send fax to our office fax, to enable us commence the processing of your payment fund immediately to your bank account. Cause from time to time the Spanish Justice Unclaimed Board auditors do request every unclaimed payment fund files designated for process to their financial audit office and update, the earlier you comply the faster your fund will be process. If the Spanish Justice Ministry Board Officials come for audit and find out your payment fund is still not process before the official deadline of 27th June 2017 as a result of lack of your respond, they will finally mark your claim file missing indicating a ghost fund and finally confiscate the fund and will be paid to the Spanish Treasury Board or the Ministry of Justice.

However our law firm requires you to immediately provide us with two forms of Identification one of which must be a picture ID: (a) Driver License or State issue ID, this identity will carry the name on your bank account information provided on the enclose payment processing form in other to facilitate your transfer fund. (b) Furnish us with your telephone, your address if change where you can be contacted in case of urgency and return it by email or fax to our office. We are urgently looking forward to hear from you as quickly as possible.

Best Regards,
Enrique Gomez Garcia Esq.
Tel: +34 651 737 892.
Fax:+34 917 905 388.
Email:enriquegomezlawatgarcia@aol.com

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