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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: "Castano Ramirez" <ken_mozia@aol.fr>
Reply-To: rmacstro8@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:50:55 -1200
Subject: ATTN: YOUR RESPOND IS REQUIRED.


Dear Friend.

Firstly, my name is Castano Ramirez . A Spanish national, a legal practicing lawyer in (AEA, GRANADA) Espa?a.

Although Its might surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between

us, I will like to bring to your attention that I m a personal Attorney to Late Mr. Jon whom was my deceased

client. I m seeking for your consent/assistant so as to present you as a lawful heir to my deceased client assets

who pass-away without a WILL.



Secondly, let me inform you that I will take care of all the necessary legal proceedings. Should there be a

WILL and in a case of agreement involved, the process would become much easier and could be completed before a

Spanish notary. After having obtained all the required papers, the notary where this funds valued (€7,600,

000.00) Seven Million Six Hundred thousand Euros.
The involved Bank has issued me a notification to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared

unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury, So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related

to this man has proved abortive.



For this reason, I decided to contact you to execute this deal between us only. The proceeds of this fund can

be paid to your account, then we can share the funds on a mutually agreed, based on percentage of 50% for you,

and 50% for me (€3.5 Million for you) and (€3.5 Million for me) All the legal documentations to back up your

claim as my client's appointed Next of Kin, I shall provide them.



All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this WILL and testament, you will need judicial

or notary documents declaring you a legitimate heir, more importantly are to providing a beyond reasonable doubt

evidence to the court, which I m prepared to do so. Country of your origin in order to justify your claim to the

inheritance.

These documents, together with the rest of papers required to formalize the inheritance, will then be taken to

authority to complete the legal proceedings. If, on the contrary, and whether there be a WILL or not, the parties

involved should not reach an Agreement a letter of administration would be necessary to take the case to court so

as to have the inheritance release out by a judge order. should I decide not to pursue this matter, these entire

funds will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank.

Please get in touch with me through my alternative email address: ( rmacstro8@gmail.com <mailto:rmacstro8@gmail.com>) for further details.

Yours Sincerely.

Mr.Castano Ramirez (Esq).


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