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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: JOSE <josegarcia2006@walla.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:50:45 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FROM ME


Hello,
I am a citizen of Spain, I came across your email address, through a careful search for the right person to handle this endeavour. My name is Jose Garcia, I work with the BBVA Bank of SPAIN, as a supervisor in a local Branch in Madrid.It is my duty to send the semi annual report of the branch's income to the head of administration in Madrid Central.

As i was doing this late last year , I discovered there is a left over sum of two million euros (Euros 2,000,000.00) in an escrow account in my branch, this fund was part of some millions of euros that the Russian Mafias were smuggling into spain to lauder ( money laundry ). I guess they made all these money from the sale of arms and amunitions untill it was discovered by my government and most of their accounts were liquidated.

Nobody in the bank, knows of the existence of this fund , but me, and i have so done my home work very well that it would not be easy and completely impossible to discover and even if it was discovered , they would find it hard to trace it to the mafias,as i have changed most of the original information of the origin of the fund to Africa and to a Late Customer of our bank who died some years ago.

This funds is not made known to the head of departments, and it has simply been forgotten, this funds will be beneficial if we can work together and have this branch office transfer it to your account, as the legal beneficiary to the late owner of this funds, all we need is a very specialized lawyer whom i have spoken to and he is quite keen about the process. He would prepare all the legal documents to make you the next of kin to the late owner.

I recommend your interest in this proposal, as the Person in control of this branch, I am not suppose to get involve with this affair, but I will act as the insider, to make sure that this is successfully carried out, if you are interested in this business proposal, the funds will be shared sincerely 50 % for me, 35% for you and 15% for the lawyer.

It is getting to the middle of the year again , and for sure a new report will be sent to the head of department, as we do that every six months. This makes this business an urgent task, if you are interested and you find the capabilities to transact this business, please send me an urgent message, as soon as posssible.

I look forward to hearing from you, and hope we have a mutual business partnership.

Contact me : garcia@austria.mail.com , josegarcia2006@walla.com

Sincerely
Mr. Jose Gracia

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