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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: "Estela Ramos" <ESilvas@delhi.k12.ca.us>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:20:15 -0800
Subject: Info Required:

I am confirming if you received my previous email regarding you having the same Surname
with my late client/inheritance.My names are Barrister Javier Y.Valls, and I work with
Valls Internacionales & Asociados Spain. A legal representative and personal attorney
to my client business magnate. Actually, I got your contact information through the
e-mail public records while searching for a last name similar to my late client's who was
a business magnate that lived in Spain for over a decade prior to his death, he died along
with his nuclear family during the Tsunami catastrophe, which occurred December 2004.

Before I explain further, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you. I am
aware that this is certainly not a predictable way of approach to foster a relationship of
trust, but because of the circumstances and the urgency surrounding this claim. I decided
to reach you via this media to join me to put claims on this fund before it is seized or
confiscated by the authorities.Prior to the catastrophe; He deposited the sum of $7.4M
(SEVEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) with his bank here in Spain. As the
Attorney/Adviser to my late client and family, the bank has officially notified and
instructed me to present heir/inheritor to make Claims, so that he/she can be paid the
outstanding $7.4M, else the fund will be confiscated and taken to the Bureau of government
treasury as unclaimed.

Ensuing to the above I embarked on exhaustive search for a direct family member to my late
client which came to no avail. I was given an ultimatum to look for some relative to come
for the claim or have the fund liquidated and made unserviceable in accordance with
existing laws. After preliminary efforts of search for a direct family member which came
to no avail, I decided to contact you; my suggestion to you is that I will like to present
you as the heir/inheritor to this deposited fund). I know you may not be anyway related to
my late client but having a common surname with him it is absolutely necessary for me to
make it take the resemblance of an actual next of kin; this is where I need your
assistance, although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone
apprehensive but I would like to assure you that I am proposing this project to you with
the best of intentions as an Attorney.

The modality I have in place, I can guarantee that if you follow my instructions (The rule
of laws) and capitalizing of some judicial loop holes the funds will be released to us.
Mind you that this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk connected to
this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the operation effectively.
All I require from you is your honest co-operation; I guarantee that this transaction will
be executed under a legitimate banking arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of law. Upon successful conclusion of this project, once the fund is transfer to you, we
shall disbursed the content in the ratio of 50% for you, 50% for me respectively as our
benefit ($ 3.7 Million each).

Kindly indicate your responses to this mail either via my office email address, Email:
yato2020@aol.com, as above or you can equally send a fax +34912919806 with your personal Telephone
number for effective communication and oral clarification on how to proceed next.

Kindest Regards,

J.Y.Valls.
yato2020@aol.com
valls Int & Asociados

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