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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: "pablojulio@libero.it" <pablojulio@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 03:37:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re:Your Kind Response Will Be Appreciated

Re:Your Kind Response Will Be Appreciated

Dear Friend,

My sincere apologies for this unsolicited email to you. I know 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 Mr.Pablo Julio,
of PablioJulio & Associates.

Actually, I got your contact information through the world public records
while searching for someone to help and assist in claiming the funds of my late
client,late client Eng. Fred Rutledge, who worked with an Engineering
Construction Company here in Portugal for thirteen years. He died with his wife
and only son in a ghastly car Accident, which occurred on Sunday 21st December
2008 in Portugal.

Before his death; he deposited some huge amount of money with one of the
leading banks here in Portugal,which i will disclose more details to you as
soon as i get a positive response.the bank has mandated me to present a member
of his family (heir/inheritor) to make claims, before the fund gets confiscated
and reverts to the state, as unclaimed.So I decided to search for a trust
worthy person to present to the bank as his distance relative,as he did not
declare any person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper for
deposit.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you to stand
as the next of kin to Eng. Fred Rutledge, By virtue of my position as his
personal Attorney; I will now place your name and present you to the bank as
the next of kin to my late client. I will prepare every relevant document that
will assist your claims, and facilitate the release of the fund to you.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no single risk
connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the
transaction successfully. Once the fund is released to you, we shall share in
the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you as your benefit. Reply via my personal
below email for further clarifications. Please be kind to get back to me if you
are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Pablo Julio.
Email: pabliojulio@gmail.
com

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