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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: "Paulo Martinez" <paulomartinez533@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paulomartinez461@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:06:33 +0100
Subject: Re:Greetings from Madrid Spain,


Dear friend
=

It is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assistance to transf=
er some funds into your bank account. Please do accept my apology if my mai=
l infringes on your personal ethics. My name is Paulo Martinez; I work with=
BBK Bank-(Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa) Madrid Spain, as the group head of treasur=
y.
=

Honestly it will be my humble pleasure if we can work together. In the disc=
harge of my duty, I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained =
dormant since 2005 with a total sum of Six Million United State Dollars in =
it [$6 Million USD]. On my personal investigation, I discovered that the ac=
count holder Donald Brown died along-side his entire family on the 11th Mar=
ch 2004 train bombing in Madrid. You can get more information's on the webs=
ite address below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3500452.stm ; without any reg=
istered next of kin, and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary man=
date with my Bank. This means that any person from your country can act as =
the next of kin of the deceased person for claiming the inheritance funds w=
ithout any risk involved.
=

Plans are in place regarding proceedings for confiscation of the Fund in l=
ine with existing laws. According to the Government Law as provided in sect=
ion 129, sub section 63(n), Spanish Banking Edit of 1961; at the expiration=
of 11 years, the fund will revert to the ownership of the Spanish Governme=
nt, if nobody applies to claim the fund.
=

My proposition to you is that we can work together to remit this amount of=
money into your own private and personal account, as I will present you to=
my bank as the beneficiary/next of kin to the deceased. All legal document=
s to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided by me.=
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transactio=
n through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate ar=
rangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If I hear from =
you that you have understand me, I will detail you more about the money and=
the operational method we can use to effect the remittance of the money di=
rectly into your desired/located bank account.
I want you to know that this business is for our mutual benefits. I have t=
herefore agreed to give you 45% of the total amount while 50% comes to me, =
set aside 5% to cover for expenses that may occur during the transaction pr=
ocess. I will also use my upper position to make sure that all the process =
goes successfully without any hitch.
=

I await your reply soon so we can move on with this transaction.
=

Find attached my Identity as well, for clarity and confidence.
=

REQUIREMENTS:
1. Your full name and your full address
2. Your private phone and fax numbers
3. Your international passport or driver's license
4. Occupation
5. Marital status
6. Age
=

You can contact me via my alternative email paulo_martinez@spainmail.com

=

Best Regards,
=

Paulo Martinez [Chief Head Treasury Department Banco BBK (Bilbao Bizkaia Ku=
txa) Madrid
Office].


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