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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: "Raul Alfonzo de Chavez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raulalfonzo.dechavez@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:40:05 +0100
Subject: Hello,

Hello,
How are you and your family? I hope you are ok.
I know this letter might come to you as a surprise, but my heart accepted you. My name is Raul Alfonzo de Chavez, The Son of Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias (The Late President of my country Venezuela) The Name of my mother is Nancy Colmenares de Chavez (The First Wife of my Father), though they divorced in 1995. I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ($16 million U.S. dollars) Sixteen Million United States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I come over.
SOURCE OF MONEY:
My Father confided in me in his bed side (military hospital) where he died on Tuesday March 5, 2013 that he made the deposit in my name in a foreign country which I will disclose to you in details after I received your response. He asked me to transfer the fund out from the deposited security company to somewhere else around the world if he could not survive the battle of his life and I should do this secretly for security reasons. The funds were deposited as Family Treasury/Valuables in the Security Company and not as funds. I will discuss more of this with you when I am sure that you are willing to assist me, and I believe that my money will be well secured in your hand because I believed you have the fear of God.
I want you to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give to me. ONE PASSIONATE APPEAL I WILL MAKE TO YOU IS NOT TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH ANYBODY, SHOULD YOU HAVE REASONS TO REJECT THIS OFFER, PLEASE, PLEASE AND PLEASE DESTROY THIS MESSAGE AS ANY LEAKAGE OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE TOO BAD FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE (MY FATHER'S POLITICAL ENEMIES) MIGHT WANT ME DEAD OR SEIZE THE FUNDS FROM ME AS A RESULT OF THE DEAD OF MY FATHER AND BASE ON MY FATHER'S INSTRUCTION TO ME. I have political intention in my country later in the future but not right now.
You can read more about my Father in the articles below;
 
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/11/world/americas/hugo-chavez---fast-facts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21695322
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/hugo-chavez-net-worth/
I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as soon as possible with my e-mail address: raulalfonzo.dechavez@yahoo.com.tw  which is my only way of communication for now for security reasons.
 
God bless you and your family.
Raul Alfonzo de Chavez

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