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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: "Barr. Steve Bright" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.steve@europe.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 06:15:19 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY

STEVE BRIGHT & ASOCIADOS
                        ABOGADOS (LAWYER)
      Address: 1143 Semsey Andor No 19 block 2 Budapest Hungary.
                                        TEL:003620 2811985
                        Email:..........................................................
                                         
 
 
>From Barr. Steve Bright                                                                                                               
       
I am Barr. Steve Bright, a solicitor at law in Budapest Hungary. I am the personal attorney to late Mr  Williams Margales,  a business magnate who worked with an indigenous company in Spain. Mr Williams Margales died on July 25,2000 in a plane crash along with his wife(Maryln) and James(son)Amanda(Daughter). Visit the webpagehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/905308.stm
 
Before the catastrophe, He deposited One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure, containing the sum of (€7,500,000.00) (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) in a Security company here in Hungary, for security and personal reasons As the personal attorney/trustee to my late client, the Security company has mandated me to present a member of his family (heir/inheritor)  to make Claims of this deposit or the vault will be confiscated and send to the Bureau of Diplomatic Securities as unclaimed deposit.
 
After several exhaustive efforts and search for a direct family member to my late client proves abortive, I have been given another ultimatum to look for any of his business associate/partner to come for the claim of this fund or the Security company will take over the fund in accordance with their existing laws.
 
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like to present you as my late client’s next of kin/ business associate. I know you may not be anyway related to what we are talking about but having in possession of  every document related to this fund deposit coupled with the modalities I have in place, be rest assured that if you follow my instructions and directives strictly (The rule of laws) and capitalizing of some judicial loop holes, the vault will be release to us. Mind you that this transaction is 100% risk free, there is no atom of risk connected to this because I have worked out all modalities to complete the operation effectively.
 
Once the fund (vault) is released in your name, we shall divide the fund in the ratio of 50% 50% .Note, all legal documents to back up your claim as my client's business partner will be provided by me. I will be obliged to give you further information you may need to know as soon as I receive a positive response from you. Please be kind to get back to me even when you are not willing to collaborate with me so that I can further my search for another partner.
 
Thanking you in advance for your prompt response
 
 
Best regards,
 
Barr. Steve Bright.
 

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