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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: "Mr. Juan Morato" <noreply@popfax.com>
Reply-To: juan_morato@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:51:31 +0200
Subject: RE: Confidential Email




Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Juan Morato, the Auditor General of Unicaja Bank Madrid. In the
course of my auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account, which
was opened in 1990 at Cam Bank before it was bought over by Unicaja Group
which I am the auditor belonging to a dead foreigner Mr. Kenny who died in
2004. Every effort made to track any member of his family or next of kin
has since failed; hence I got in contact with you to stand as his next of
kin since you bear the same last name. He died leaving no heir or a will.

My intention is to transfer this sum of 5.5M in the aforementioned account
to a safe account. I am therefore proposing that you quietly partner with
me and provide an account or set up a new one that will serve the purpose
of receiving this fund. For your assistance in this venture, I am ready to
part with a good percentage of the entire funds. After going through the
deceased person's records and files, I discovered that:

(1) No one has operated this account since 2004
(2) He died without an heir; hence the money has been floating.
(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known
beneficiary.

If I do not remit this money urgently, it would be forfeited and
subsequently converted to company's funds, which will benefit only the
directors of my firm. This money can be approved to you legally as with
all the necessary documentary approvals in your name. However, you would
be required to show some proof of claim, which I will provide you with and
also guide you on how to make your applications.

Please do give me a reply on my private e-mail juan.morato1@1email.eu or
fax 00 34 917 692 656 so that I can send you detailed information on the
modalities of my proposition. I completely trust you to keep this
proposition absolutely confidential. Kindly forward your telephone number
where I can reach you easily. I look forward to your prompt response.

Best Regards,
Mr. Juan Morato
Tel: 00 34 634 031 280
Fax: 00 34 917 692 656

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