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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: "Mrs. Susan RODRIGUEZ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <susanobrienr@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:06:16 -0400
Subject: Request for Co-operation on a Private Business

FROM: Mrs. Susan O’BRIEN RODRIGUEZ
Private Fax: +34-911-881-322
REPLY TO: susan.o_brien@mail.com
E-mail: susan.o_brien@email.com
10/ 08/ 2014
Dear Friend;
Request for Co-operation on a Private Business

My name is Mrs. Susan O’BRIEN RODRIGUEZ a British, married to Mr. James RODRIGUEZ from Spain for seventeen years now and we have three kids together: I am the manager foreign remittance department of Banco Sabadell Bank here in Spain and a very close friend of mine is the assistant Vault Manager in the same Bank.

I have a business proposal which I believe that will be a very Good opportunity for both of us, so I decided to contact you on this business opportunity in our bank, the business is this; I was former account officer of an Abandoned sum of (€37,000,000.00) (Thirty Seven Million Euros) in our safety deposit vault that belongs to one foreign death politician who died as a result of heart-related condition on March 2004. He deposited this fund to our Bank with somebody’s name that is from your country who shares the same last name with your name. So since I have contacted you, and you share the same last name with the account. I am actually asking for your consent to file your information secretly here as the Next of Kin to the account so that the proceeds of this account will be release to you as the next of kin to the account, we have the entire secret information of this deposit which will help you to claim this money.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. And I want to solicit for your confidence and confidentiality of this proposal that is by the nature of it, I hope that you will not let us down either now or betray us in the future of this transaction, I will start by putting this transaction clear to you. This funds has lasted more than expected period here in our Bank security vault, and because of the fact that we are interested in this funds, we have taken our time and all the necessary steps to be sure that no one comes for this funds, it is as well as a forgotten fund lying dormant for years in our Bank security vault.

It is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you, we don’t want this money to go into the banks treasury as unclaimed funds or declared and confiscate by the Government of Spain as a result of the ongoing Bank Reform here in Spain. I wish to point out that we will want 10% of this money to be shared among charity Organizations, 30 % of this money will be for you as a foreign partner in respect to your acceptance to do this business with us, while 60 % would be for me and some other top bank officials that are involved in this business. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100% risk free; you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made perfectly, and we will use our position to level the whole arrangement here in the Bank to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction so that the transfer to be approved immediately.

At this moment you should feel free to contact me through my private fax or email, you should also understand that this should be kept very confidential, let it be between you, me and all of us inside the bank here that is the only way we can achieve success.

Here is the details of the transaction and its requirements:

We are three top Bank officials involved in this transaction and we all agreed and decide to do this business because we don’t want this fund to be declared to the government of Spain as unclaimed fund as a result of the ongoing Bank reform here in Spain. We are going to prepare the proof of kinship with your information’s as the next of kin to the account secretly here in our Bank. I promise you that you will never regret been positive in your reply.

Also is good to let you know that we have carried out series of investigations concerning the fund since 3years now, and we discovered that if we don't move this money out immediately, this funds will be for fitted to the Government of Spain as unclaimed fund as a result of the ongoing Bank reform here in Spain, that is why we want to move this funds out of Spain. Upon your acceptance, we will need your maximum cooperation and maturity to see the success of this transaction. I will guide you properly in the transaction, and I will also forward to you the text of application which you will fax or email to the Bank as the Next of Kin to the account with the information of the department to contact in the Bank.

For us to proceed, I will need this information’s from you;
(1) YOUR NAME AS IT IS BEEN WRITTEN IN YOUR IDENTIFICATION
(2) YOUR ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DATE OF BIRTH AND OCCUPATION
(4) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
(5) YOUR MARITAL STATUS:
I will need all these details to update your information’s at the Bank database with the kinship form as the Next of Kin to the account.

We have worked in this Bank for many years now and I am a former account officer to the account, I believe that we can arrange all documents secretly and everything will be perfectly Ok. Once the documents are correctly filled with your information’s, as the Next of Kin to the account, the Bank will not have any other choice than to release the whole funds in your favor. We are promising you that we will do all the underground arrangement very well so that the Bank management will approve the release of the funds to you.

You may be asked by the Bank to visit our vault office here in Spain to sign the final release documents as the Next of Kin to the account if any need for that, and my husband will be there to assist you for a day or two days that it will take to finalize everything in our vault office here in Spain. I want you to always call my husband on his direct number (+34634-044-093) because my husband’s number is safer to be discussing about this transaction and he knows everything about the transaction, but if you wish to communicate with me, it’s better we communicate strictly through fax or email with attachment. Always feel free to talk with my husband on his direct number because talking to me might not be safer because I work in the same bank.

As I wait for your response for us to forge ahead I require you to be discreet about this matter till the process are done and the transaction has been carried out successfully. However; if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apology, or if on the contrary you wish to work with us on this, kindly get back to me with your interest for us to move ahead.

NOTE: Please it’s better to reply the mail through your private fax or email.


Best Regards

Mrs. Susan O’BRIEN R.
Private Fax: +34-911-881-322
Private Tel: +34-634-044-093
E-mail: susan.o_brien@mail.com
E-mail: susan.o_brien@email.com

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