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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: martinez pedro <pedormarrtiinez@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: <pedormarrtidnez@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:36:31 +0100
Subject: Proposal

Dear.Sir/Madam

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware 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 Barrister. Pedro Martinz. Actually I got your contact information through european union
public records while searching for family members of my late client Eng. Steven Duffield, an expatriate
engineer who lived and worked in Spain for thirteen years. who died along his entire family during the 26 Dec
2004 Sumatra Tsunami, which occurred in Indonesia for more information view this
link. http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/Sumatra.htm

Before his death, he deposited the Sum of $18,600,000.00 (Eighteen Million Six Hundred Thousand U.S
Dollars) with a Bank here in Spain, The Bank has contacted me to present the next of kin for claims,
before the deposit gets confiscated or is reverted to the Spanish government as unclaimed Deposits.
So I decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has been very difficult for me, as he did not
declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his deposit.

Given this situation, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to
my late client, So that the deposited fund will be released to you. With my position as his lawyer, I will now
place your name as the next of kin to my late client. I will prepare every relevant document that will assist us,
and facilitate the release of the fund to you. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free. I wish to point out
that I suggest 10% of this money to be donated to Charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% is shared
equally between us. You can contact me via phone: Tel: +34 602 441 715 or send me an email at,
pedro.martinez@europe.com . for further discussions. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not
interested so that I can further my search for another partner.However, if this business proposal offends
your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology.Have a nice day.



Best Regards
Pedro Martinz (ATTORNEY, LL.M.)

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