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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: "Abogado Jose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josededication@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:37:20 +0300
Subject: My Message!!!!

Dear

This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Abogado Jose Gomez, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of Mrs. Adela M. Cespedes.

My client needs a reliable and trustworthy trustee to assist with an oversea bank account to receive the transfer of her money, which is six million euro (€6,000,000.00) from a bank here in MADRID -SPAIN. The name of the beneficiary of the said fund is Mrs. Adela M. Cespedes and she is the wife of Mr Iniesta Cespedes a late contractor and an international business man, a Spanish national.This fund is genuine and for her late husband, she is the next of kin Mrs. Adela M. Cespedes, she lost her husband in the Madrid-Bomb blast of March 11, 2004. According to Adela, The funds delayed several years to be paid because the person in question is late and she was often denied access to funds, this made her vow never to invest her inherited fund in Madrid due to her sad and unfortunate experience. It is understandable if she is still traumatized till date.

Some people are able to handle such shocks, but some are not. If viewed from her own point, it is clear that living or investing the fund in Spain is near impossibility. The government of Spain credited her husband's account recently with 6,000,000 EUROS being payment for a completed contract executed by her late husband before his untimely death.

Mrs. Adela M. Cespedes has agreed before me to offer 40% which is 2.4 m of the total money to any reliable and trust worthy partner to be recommended by my law firm. And her line of investment will be decided after the transfer has been concluded and that will be based on the line of business that is very lucrative in your country.

Please, note that a legal agreement (M.O.U.) will be drafted by my office to protect your interest and that of my client. Finally, kindly be informed that this transaction is completely legal and the process to have the money transferred into your account will be carried out legally and must be based on mutual consent between you and my client.

If you do consider the proposal viable, do supply me the following:
1. FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS
2. DATE OF BIRTH
3. MARITAL STATUS
4. NEXT OF KIN
5. PHONE NUMBER
6. OCCUPATION

Upon the receipt of the details, I will start the documentation process immediately without any delay. When I receive your response and I am satisfied, I will furnish you with bank receipt and certificate of ownership. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in touch with me by my alternative email: josededication@gmail.com .Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you an e-mail with the next step to take. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Abogado Jose Gomez (Esq.).

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