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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: "Sales" <sales@alwedyan.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 02:46:38 +0300
Subject: RE: I NEED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE !!!


Dear Sir/Madam,

My Names are Mr. Eli Cru. I am the Administrative manager at a vault
financial & security Institution here in Madrid.

I am contacting you based on a financial opportunity I discovered here in
my Bank. It's about an abandoned sum of 20.7m US dollars (Twenty million
seven hundred thousand United State dollars) in a dormant account with our
bank and I have been following and monitoring this account since the year
2004 when I was appointed the Administrative manager of this financial
institutions.

The Banking policy can only allow the release of such funds to a benefactor
through an application as a beneficiary to the account deposit. For the
past years, the bank has been expecting a possible beneficiary, but no
luck, this institution has exploited all its ethical possibilities in other
to contact the possible beneficiaries or inheritors of the account, but to
no success since nobody has come over for the claim of the funds for the
past 10 years.

I have made my own research with the help of a private investigator, it is
my knowledge that the account has been dormant for the past 17 years. I
also learnt that, there have not been any movement on the said account
within this period. I am 100% sure that no one is aware of the existence of
these funds.

However, because of the international financial crises, a lot of reform has
been made within the Spanish financial system, this includes the new law on
succession of claims which indicates a duration in which such deposit
account could be tolerated.

The Bank of Spain has mandated our institution to release the funds to a
possible beneficiary WITHIN A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR. Failure to respond to this
ultimatum would legally allow the Bank of Spain to confiscate the funds as
unclaimed funds (Which of course would go straight to the Government's
pocket). It is therefore upon this entire discovery that I have decided to
contact you for your kind cooperation.

I want you to know that I am a senior member of this office. As an insider,
I am equipped with all classified secret information regarding the release
of these funds. I would dedicate to make sure that I feed you with all
possible documentation and information required for the approval and
release of these funds to you.

Upon your acceptance to cooperate, I agree that 40% of this money will be
for you, 50% for me and 10% goes for the reimbursement of any expenses that
we might both incur during the short period of the funds transaction.
Please note that I have ONLY discussed this issue with you alone.

For time difference and confidential reasons, I strongly advice that you
should get back to me through my private email address at ( eli_cru@aol.com
) with your contact details.
Immediately you acknowledge the receipt of this mail, we shall further
proceed and you shall be informed on the next step to urge ahead. In
conclusion, it's my concern to demand your ultimate honesty, co-operation
and confidentiality to enable us conclude this transaction.
I fully assured you that this process would be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that would legally protect you from any breach of law.
With due cooperation, I wait to read from you soon.
Regards,

Mr. Eli Cru.





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