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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: "infoxxmail@terra.es" <infoxxmail@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:49:15 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend,

I am the confidant of the Ex-President of the Ecuador (President Lucio
Gutierrez) who was recently removed from power and presently granted political asylum in Brazil with strict instruction not to leave Brazil. You can see the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4467389.stm

He has secretly informed me to seek for a genuine and kind hearted person who will be able to claim and invest the sum of $25.5Million United States Dollars which he had secretly deposited with a private
financial organization before the incident that resulted in his fleeing for
asylum. The new Government is trying all efforts to seize all funds that belong to the former President Lucio Gutierrez. Your assistance in now needed to lay claim to this funds since it was deposited in the name of a "Foreign Partner".

I personally will not be able to handle such transaction now since I am still a serving officer in the country's army but as a confidant of the former
President Lucio Gutierrez, I am ready to help him seek for help.

I request that you provide me with your full names,contact address, occupation telephone and fax numbers and once this information is received I will provide you with the necessary and relevant documents that will put you in place as the original owner of the money.

Mr. Lucio has already instructed that 70% of this money will be for him while the remaining 30% will be for you and I can assure that the transaction is risk free. Upon your response, I will introduce you to a financial consultant who will provide you with guidelines and assistance too. For now I will suggest that all correspondence should be via Email for purely security reasons and no doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive.

Please, I employ you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your assistance to invest our share in your
country.

Your timely response will be awaited.

Regards,

Mr.Jorge Arroyo






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