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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: Alelu Tuason Ignacio Arroyo <arroyorizza1974@gmail.com>
Reply-To:
Alelu Tuason Ignacio Arroyo <alelutuason_ignacioarroyo2015@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 15:07:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Please forgive me if this proposal offends your moral ethics


 Greetings my dear friend,

Surely, I know you will be surprised to receive this letter from me and transaction of this magnitude will make anyone worry, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day because this is a great favor father Almighty to you. With all due respect, let me start first introduce myself properly to you. I am alelu Tuason IGNACIO ARROYO the surviving daughter of the Philippines Former Philippine congressman representing Negros Occidental afternoon. Tuason IGNACIO ARROYO, Jr, who died on January 26, 2012 Although my late father lived a beautiful life. He was a good man.

My late father had a special love for me, I inherited a total of $ 8.4 million US dollars from my late father USA. The money was deposited in a bank in Europe, precisely, Madrid - Spain. I am the only one who knows of the existence of this fund as the proper law of this deposit.

The main reason why I am sending this email is because of the decent way I find you and maybe you trust to give you the opportunity to help me claim the money from the bank as a business associate of my late father, be transferred to your account to future investments, so that I can continue my eduction in your country.

Let's talk about your percentage shortly before proceeding. As soon as I hear from you, in my next mail i will send my picture, more information and authorization document to contact the bank that is the document of deposit to be signed and issued from the bank the same day that money was deposited in the bank.
Please forgive me if this proposal offends your moral ethics. Thank you very much in advance for your kind understanding to help, and I have looking forward to hearing from you soon.

All the best,
alelu Tuason

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