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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: davidhq14@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:32:13 +0200
Subject: General Auditor Of BANCO SABADELL

From The Desk Of David Kvaristo Alonso Laure
General Auditor Of BANCO SABADELL,
Ajalvir
Carlos Ruiz, 27 esq. Ctra. Daganzo Ajalvir - 28864 (Spain Madrid)
Private Email ;(davidhq@walla.com)

Dear Friend,

Good day to you.

I am Mr. David Laure the general auditor of BANCO SABADELL MADRID SPAIN.
, Madrid Spain. There is this floating funds which is to the tune of forty
five Million Euro(45,000,000.00EURO) Which as been floating in this A/C#
5005874BS1000 since 1995 after the death of the true owner of the funds late
Mr. Alberto O. COLLINS who was the manager of Diamond Safari (PTY)SA, who
died on the result of a motor accident on the 15Th May 2002. I just came
across his file again when I was auditing all the credit account in BANCO
SABADELL , and I find out that nobody as ever come on behalf of the late
Mr. ALBERTO O. COLLINS as his next of kin to claim the funds.

And I have been monitoring this account since I discovered this information.In
this case I have concluded to contact you if you are reliable to execute
this transaction with me, then I will instruct you on how to claim as the
next of kin to the late Mr. ALBERTO O.COLLINS, so that the funds could be
transfer to your overseas A/C, if only you can co-operate with me and not
to betray me at the end. For your information the first transfer payment
to apply for as the next of kin should be Twenty million Euros ( 20,000,000.00EURO)

As soon as you confirm your interest and co-operation I will give you the
guide lines on how you can transact with the bank for the approval of the
funds to your A/C. As soon as everything as been put in place for the transfer
I will apply for an annual leave to obtain a visa to travel to your country
for my share of the funds and the sharing of the funds is 65% for me , 30%
for you and the remaining 5% will be for expenses incurred during the transaction.

As soon as the transaction is over I will secretly destroy all document that
will lead to the trace of this transfer and go Back to My Country Because
i have work all my Life in Spain As soon as I hear from you on the above
phone line or email I will advise you on how to go about the transactionas
well as to send you an agreement letter that will bind the both of us together
in case of any future misunderstanding when sharing the funds.Also i want
you to send the following informatio to speedy the process.

1 Your full name
2 Your Ocuupation
3 Residential Adress
4 Age and your private Telephone number.

I await your soonest respond.

Thanks.

Mr. David Kvaristo Alonso Laure
Auditor General BANCO SABADELL MADRID SPAIN


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