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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: David Laure <lkvaristo01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 08:18:54 -0800
Subject: CONATCT ME.



>From The Desk Of David Kvaristo Alonso Laure General Auditor Of CAJA NORTHE DE ANDALUCIA, CALLE GENERAL FRANCO 23/25 C.P 28864 (Madrid España)Private Email;(mrKvaristoAlonso@yahoo.com)Dear Friend, I am Mr. David Kvaristo Alonso.Laure, the general auditor of CAJA NORTHE DE ANDALUCIA,MADRID SPAIN.There is this floating funds which is to the tune of Eighteen Million Euros (18,000,000.00 Euros) Which as been floating in this A/C nº 5005874BS1000 since 2000 after the death of the true owner of the funds Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American who was a private business man unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You can read more about the crash on visiting these sites. below.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html I just came across his file again when I was auditing all the credit account in CAJA NORTHE DE ANDALUCIA, and I found out that nobody as ever come on behalf of the Late Mr. Morris Thompson 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.Morris thompson,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 transfer payment to apply for as the next of kin should be Seven Million Euros (7,000,000.00 Euros) 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 55% for me, 40% 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 documents 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 receive your reply through my Private email(Also will send you a copy of my nternational passport, and I will advise you on how to go about the transaction as 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. I await your soonest respond.Thanks.Mr.David Kvaristo Alonso.Laure. Auditor General CAJA NORTHE DE ANDALUCIAPrivate Email;(mrKvaristoAlonso@yahoo.com)
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