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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 Miguel Pomar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josemiguelpomar@aol.es>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:24 +0100
Subject: Business Inquiry

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Seeking Executor of Last Will and Testament.

My name is Barrister Jose Miguel Pomar, an attorney at Law in Madrid-Spain.

I am writing to notify you of the TESTAMENT of our late client Mr.Yaroslav Zojniuk, Ukrainian who unfortunately lost his life in the Madrid Bomb Blast on March 11, 2004. The deceased was a prominent business man who traveled to Spain on business survay/holiday with his wife and their only daughter when they met their tragic death.

My client before his death made a deposit of Thirty Seven Million, Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$37,300,000.00) in Madrid, Spain in his effort to set up a business empire on Real Estate Management in Spain.

However, I was mandated by our team of professionals to search for a trust worthy person or the relatives of the deceased regarding his deposit as the holding financial institution wants him to come forward for the endorsement of the reinvestment documents.

This transaction is very confidential as I can re-draft his LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT to bear your name as the TRUSTEE & EXECUTOR. This transaction shall be executed under legitimate and legal procedures that will protect you from any breach of the Law.

It is in this regard that I decided to solicit your assistance, by presenting you as the Executor and Trustee to the deceased. Although, I have agreed on the following sharing ratios: 25% for your assistance and 75% for me but this is still open for negotiation.

Kindly revert back to me urgently on your kin interest to lay claim of the deposit with your telephone and fax numbers for more information on how to release the said inheritance sum,procedure and legality of this claim via this email address:josemiguelpomar@aol.es

Regards,
Mr. Jose Miguel Pomar
Abogado(Attorney At Law).

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