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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: "MR.JOSE MIGUEL" <josemiguel0800@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:32:38 -0700
Subject:
FROM:MR.JOHN LEWIS I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR EARLIER RESPONSE (URGENT REPLY
NEEDED)



FROM:MR.JOHN LEWIS I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR EARLIER RESPONSE (URGENT
REPLY NEEDED) MR.JOSE MIGUEL, BRANCH MANAGER MONEYCORP FINANCE AND
TRUST COMPANY MONEYCORP FINANCE HOUSE, AVENIDA SANTOS PATRONOS, 6, 1?,
ALZIRA , C.P. 46350 (VALENCIA) ESPANA PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: josemiguel0800@indiatimes.com (REMITTANCE OF
US$38.6M MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE") Dear
Sir/Madam, I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business
proposition having gone through your remarkable profile on the
internet. Though, this medium (Internet)has been greatly abused, I
choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest,
surest and most secured medium of communication.However,this
correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as
such. Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter
is not a hoax or Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the
seriousness it deserves. I also guarantee you that this deal is
hitch
free from all what you may think of. I am MR.JOSE MIGUEL, Branch
Manager with MONEYCORP FINANCE AND TRUST COMPANY ( Valencia Branch).
PROPOSITION: I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality
that will be attached to this Business Proposal . The Management and
the Legal department of our FINANCE COMPANY (MONEYCORP FINANCE AND
TRUST COMPANY ) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of
MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, who was one of my branch depositor, should be
declared Dormant, confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the
Bank Treasury according to Espana banking and financial law. She died
in an underground train crash in the eastern city of Valencia as
Victims of the Tuesday, 4 July 2006, Incident that befall the Spanish
, the bank is still unrelenting in its bid to contact any of the
relatives to claim This money, you can confirm through this website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5143738.stm She is an account holder
in my branch; she owns a dollar
account with the sum of US$38.6M
(Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
Only)Which was made through Oil bunkers business in Russia, deposited
in a numbered account with my branch. In fact it happened that since
her death, the next of kin of the dollar account holder (the
brother/Sister) or whom ever that is related to her has not show up
for the claim. This is where I am interested on and this is where I
want you to come in. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS: The Banking law and
guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after
3 Financial years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner, and a Spanish Citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign
partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will
be set aside for expenses
incurred during the business and 60 % would
be for investment in your Country as soon as the Transfer is
completed. EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED DEAL: Therefore to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, Please include
your Information as stated Below. 1. YOUR FULL NAME: 2. PHONE AND FAX
NUMBER: 3. HOME ADDRESS : 4. COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS: I want you to
come in as the relation of the deceased MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, who
has account with MONEYCORP FINANCE AND TRUST COMPANY , I will give you
the contact of the attorney, who will handle all the legal
Documentations. He will lay claims through his legal authority. He is
going to be happy to assist you. I will be the one to provide the
vital documents for the claims of the money and then Advise you
exactly how we should handle it. The whole Procedures will last only 7
working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even
in future. Yours truly, MR.JOSE MIGUEL, josemiguel0800@indiatimes.com

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