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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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Fraud email example:

From: Lukas Raul Rodriguez <lukasraulrodriguez1@aeiou.pt>
Reply-To: Lukas Raul Rodriguez <lukasraulrodriguez@oho.ee>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 20:45:18 +0100 (WEST)
Subject: Hola Good Friend Please Read My Mail!!

From: Lukas Raul Rodriguez.
Foreign Credit Manager,
BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO
Esprito Santo Pensiones, E.G.F.P.,
S.A. C/ Serrano, 88 - 28006 Madrid - Espana.

Dear Good Friend,

PROPOSITION:
How are you today? Please permit to introduce myself, my name is Lukas Raul Rodriguez, foreign credit manager BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO Madrid Spain. I am the account officer of a foreigner named Jean Gandesbery and a business woman and her Husband Robert Gandesbery who died in US passenger plan crash, Continental Connection flight 3407, 13thFeb 2009, on board. You can confirm this from this website BBC. NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7887555.stm. Since her death, our bank has contacted their embassy for the next of kin, but it happened that their son who is the next of kin died with them in the crash. So our bank is looking and waiting to see if any of their relative will come and make claims for this money as their heir, but no one have showed up for more than a year now. So by next year if no body or no person show up to claim the money, then our bank will transfer the money to bank treasury account as unclaimed money and the money will be come our bank money.

But if someone applies to claim this funds as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, the funds will be release to the person. This is true as I am insider working in the bank. Therefore, I want you to stand as a next of kin to the deceased, all the legal documentations will be carefully worked out by a senior advocate lawyer/attorney, which will make you beneficiary's next of kin and total funds will be transfer to your account, thereafter we will share the money, you will take 40% then I will take 30% and our bank director will take 30% because he is involve so you can see that it will easy deal. This is not a scam or games or joke as you may think because a lot of scam is happening on the internet. But this is not scam please I am telling you truth. So if you are interested reply me as quickly as possible so that I can give you details of this business and also tell you the total amount involve. I await your urgent response.

Regards,

Lukas Raul Rodriguez.
Reply to: lukasraulrodriguez@oho.ee

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