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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: "Alejandro Pedro Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alejandro_pedro@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 02:38:13 -0700
Subject: Message 20th May 2013

Calle Castellana, 216
Valencia 48046 Espa?a
Tel: (+34) 634 083 51
Fax: (+34) 917 692 90

Email: alejandro_pedro@aol.com

DATE: 20th May 2013

Dear Friend

I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you before proceeding. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. My name is Alejandro Pedro Esq. of the Alejandro Pedro ABOGADOS. I got your contact information through the world public record while in search of a last name similar to that of my late client Engr. Roman, an expatriate Engineer who worked with the Mining and Smelting Company (Asturiana de Zinc S.A.) in Spain, for Sixteen years. He died along with his family in a road accident which occurred in April 11th, 2007.

Engr. Roman met his unfortunate tragic death shortly after he deposited a Trunk Box/Diplomatic of personal effects, containing the sum of US$10.5M (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with a private security company here in Spain, Although, he did not disclose the exact content of deposited diplomatic box to the security company for his own reasons as the contents were declared as family valuables.

However, as part of their legal procedure, the security company has therefore mandated me to present a member of his family to make claims for this consignment, before it is officially declared ‘not claimable’ and reverted to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security as unclaimed. Hence, I decided to search for any of my late client's relatives. This has been very difficult for me, as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper for his deposited consignment.

Against this backdrop, I will like to present you to the security company as the beneficiary and heir to my late client Engr. Roman . By virtue of my position as his attorney, I will now place your name as the only surviving relative to my late client. I will prepare every relevant document(s) that will assist you with the claims, and facilitate the release of the consignment.

Be informed that this transaction is totally risk free; there is no atom of risk connected to this transaction as I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully. Once the deposited consignment is released to you, I would suggest we share it in equal ratio as our benefit.

Please just indicate your willingness to work with me either via email or telephone and please do not fail to send me your telephone phone number so that I could reach you for further deliberations and explanations before we proceed. Kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

I await your soonest response.

Best Regards

Alejandro Pedro Esq.
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DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE
Everything in this letter and any attachments relating to the official business of Alejandro Pedro ABOGADOS is proprietary to the company. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Alejandro Pedro ABOGADOS does not own and endorse any other content. The person addressed in the letter is the sole authorised recipient. Access to this letter by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on this, is prohibited and may be unlawful. No liability or responsibility is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason corrupted or does not reach its intended recipient.

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