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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 LUSI" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:08:51 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION TO THIS MAIL

Hello Dear,
 
 
my name is Jose  Lusi, i am a Spanish citizen, I live in Madrid Spain and work with La Caixa Bank of Spain. I do not mean to bother you but this is something i have to share with you in confidence, it has been disturbing my mind and now i feel like trying to see if i can talk to someone like you about it. First of all. I am asking for your confidence in this conversation, this is because of the nature of what i want to tell you. It is confidential and top secret, though I know that a conversation like this will make anyone worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end.
 
 
It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us as  mouch. This is about a woman who opened a fixed deposit account with the Bank where i work. She died alongside her immediate family during the Gas exploration disaster which occurred in Surabaya in East Java Indonesia on 13 Jul 2006. Since then, all my several inquiries here to locate any of our customerīs extended relatives has proved unsuccessful. I came about your name in my effort because i will beleaving for a retirement very soon, and personal search for any relative of late Maria.
 
 
This is why I decided to seek your co-operation to collaborate with me in transferring this money to you as the next of kin and beneficiary of this fixed deposit worth 6,000,000 million Euros. This transaction will be professionally conducted in an effective legal and legitimate procedure that will adequately ensure and protect me and you from any breach of the law.
 
 
I have been looking for someone with whom to carry out this transaction fearing what peopleīs reaction might be. I know you are not biologically related to her, but since i still occupy a position of importance in this Bank, I can fix things up. If we fail to do something now and present you as member of her famil (heir/inheritor) to make claim, the money will be confiscated and taken to the bureau of Diplomatic Security as unclaimed. With regards to this, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the fixed deposited money would be released to you and the money will be further shared between us on the ratio of 60% to myself and 40% to you. This transaction is entirely risk free, i will use my position as the head of our Bankīs external operations department for many years to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
 
 
You are not required to make any expenses or payment, financially or otherwise. All I require of you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this transaction would be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I am waiting for your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction well. However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apology, but if on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanations at this email.
 
please get back to me through. lusijose@yahoo.com with full name and address.
 
 
waiting for your reply:
Yoursfaithfully
Jose  Lusi
 

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