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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: "helenasol@terra.es" <helenasol@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:56:27 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: notification


MR MONTEAGUDO PEREZ,
CALLE SESANA 67
28009 MADRID, SPAIN.
DATE:

THIS IS CONFIDENIAL AND A BUSINESS ISSUE.


I am Mr. monteagudo perez, a consignment manager of a Finance & Securities company,in Madrid Spain.I was directed to inquire if you can handle this transaction on behalf of my boss Dr. PABLO EMILIO

The main reason for contacting you is to invite you to partner with us in the transfer of 38 million us dollars left in our finance company by our late or deceased foreign customer since January 2003. The documents of the deposits made by our deceased foreigner, indicated no one to claim the amount after his death.Equally, he left no address behind to trace his family or any of his relatives.
We need to present someone as the beneficiary to the funds, hence we are seeking your consent to assist us claim this amount.The fund is currently lying in our custody awaiting claim.

Remember this business requires a foreigner to come forward and claim the amount,and with our assistance, the claim is garantueed.
There is no risk involved in this issue.However,we agreed to give to you,30% for your assistance or help,5% is for expenses that is involved in the procees of making the claim,and the other percent is for us.

send to me , your full name and address,both mobile and house phones,indicate your occupation and you acceptance of the percentage allocated to you.with these informations, i will send to you an application form to contact the security company, for the release of the fund to you.

I am Looking forward to hear from you.
PLEASE REPLY TO:pabloemilio@myway.com and pabloemilio15@terra.com


Yours Faithfully
Mr Monteagudo Perez






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