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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: "Barrister James Stock" <barristerjamesstock@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: barristerjamesstock@aol.com
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 17:28:11 -0000
Subject: FROM BAR JAMES STOCK




Attn: Sir/ Madam

REF: WVLF/RG/717/315/LFA

I Am Barrister. James Stock Esq. Spanish Lawyer. Firstly I must solicit
your confidence in this
proposal; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential
and top
secret. A deceased client of mine that shares the same surname with you, died
as a result of a heart-related condition on 12th March 2006, leaving
behind a
deposit valued of ($10.8 million us dollars). His heart condition was due to
the death of all members of his family during the Hurricane Katrina
catastrophe, which occurred on 29th August 2005, during there August
holiday.
He is expatriate engineer who worked in Spain for Twenty years.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the
funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or
returned
to the Government as unclaimed funds by a bank in Spain where this fund
valued
($10.800.000.00)Ten Million Eight Hundred Thousand Us Dollars, deposited
by my
client here in Spain. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day.

The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin
to my client 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 him has proved abortive. And the bank can not release the fund
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin to the deceased, as
indicated in
the banking guidelines. Hence, I have contacted you. I am actually asking for
your consent to present your information to the Bank as the Next of
Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, since you share the same
surname, so
that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. All the legal
documentations to back up your claim as my client's next of Kin, I shall
provide. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this
transaction.

I wish to point out that 20% of this money to be shared
among charity Organizations, while the remaining 80% shared equally
between us.
This transaction is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the
client’s
attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you
are
interested, please contact Barrister James Stock via Tel: +34 603 157 425,
Fax: +34 911 820 282.
Or E-mail: barristerjamesstock@aol.com .Upon your response, I shall then
provide
you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand
this
transaction properly. The intended transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept my
sincere apology, or if on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me,
kindly get back to me with your interest for further

Explanations.

Please Fill Up This Forms Below And Send It Back To Me For
The Processing



YOUR REF Nº:…………………………………………………

DATE:…………………………………………………………….

NAME:…………………………..MIDDLE NAME:………………

LAST NAME:……………………DATE OF BIRTH:……………..

HOME ADDRESS:………………CITY:………….STATE:………..

ZIP CODE:……………..COUNTRY:………….NATIONALITY:……..

TELEPHONE:……………………MOBILE:…………..FAX:…………..

E-MAIL ADDRESS:………………………………SEX :( M)…….(F)……

OCCUPATION:………………….MARITAL STATUS :( M)…(S)….. (D)…


Kindest Regards
Barrister. James Stock Esq.
Tel: +34 603 157 425
Fax: +34 911 820 282
E-mail: barristerjamesstock@aol.com


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