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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: JOSE GARCIA <sandyreal@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:36:39 -0400
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION.



Dear. .


Before I proceed I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you, I =
am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to =
establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my =
action. My name is Jose L.M. Garcia, a financial Solicitor here in Spain.

Actually, I got your contact through a web page, while searching for a =
benevolent honest person who can be sincere and capable enough to assist the =
family of my late expatriate engineer client who worked here here in Spain, =
for Ten years (10yrs), before he died along side with his wife and two kinds =
during the Tsunami catastrophic, which occurred on Monday 27 December 2004, =
leaving behind only their two daughter who were lucky enough to miss the =
deadly holidays which claims their family=92s lives.
Before the death of my client; he deposited Personal Treasure, containing the =
sum of $7.2M (SEVEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) with a =
security finance company here in Spain, for security reasons. The Security =
Finance Company has mandated me to present the foreign partner of my late =
client since he stated clearly in the documents of the deposit that he has a =
foreign partner who can claim the deposit on his behalf, in case of =
otherwise, i.e. death.

So for this reason, I decided to carefully search for a truthful person who =
can act as the foreign partner of my late client's which has been very =
difficult for me, as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or =
relatives in the official paper works of his consignment deposit. Against =
this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to =
stand as the next of kin to Eng Milton Dopulos, so that the diplomatic =
consignment will be released to you. With my position as his lawyer, I will =
now place your name as the next of kin to my late client. I will prepare =
every relevant document that will assist your claims, and facilitate the =
release of the consignment.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk =
connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete =
the transaction successfully. Once the consignment is released to you, we =
have the 30% of the total sum for you as your benefit, 50% of the total sum =
will go to the two survived daughters of my client, while 15% is for me and =
5% set a side for any contingency expenses which we may incur in =
communication expenditures etc. Reply via my private email address =
(josegarcia-1@myway.com )or you can call me for further clarifications. =
Please be kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can =
comfortable source for another capable partner who can handle this magnitude =
transaction with me in order to safe the future of these two young girls who =
lost their lovely family in the Tsunami Tragedy. .

Best Regards
Jose L.M. Garcia Esq.

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