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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: "Castano Ramirez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ramirez_castano@mail.ua>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 17:07:42 +0100
Subject: Hello

 
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 will proceed to order the involved bank to release the inheritance to the appointed person without any impediment.In the absence of no WILL and testament, you will need judicial o! r notary documents declaring you a
 
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 a notary 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 Where this funds valued (€8,500, 000.00) Eight Million Five 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 d! eal between us only.
 
Please reply if this email if you are interested in my proposal and I will send you more details as regards the process and what it entails. Thank you for your anticipated response.
 
Respectfully
 
 
Castano Ramirez

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