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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: "Sanchez Perez Aroyo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info-vandezchamber@spainmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 09:37:44 -0300
Subject: Business Proposal

Lawyers firm
Av. Gran V?a del Este 39, 28032 Madrid espa?a.
TEL: +34 615 1 21 229
Info.efelawyer@spainmail.com





DATE: 30 /03 / 2017

Dear Mr/Ms,

Firstly I must solicit for your trust in this transaction because of the recruiting virtue of its nature as strictly confidential and secret. Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone anxious and worried, but I assure you that everything will be fine at the end of the day.

Let me first introduce myself to you. It may surprise you received this letter from me because there is no previous correspondence between us , my name is Sanchez Perez Aroyo (abg), a personal Attorney to
Late Ms. Mariam Bill.

The purpose of my contacting you is to help secure the funds left behind by my late client, to prevent seizure or unserviceable by the bank where this fund worth ? 5,750,000.00 (five million seven hundred fifty thousand Euros) deposited by my deceased client

The bank gave me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unusable and funds diverted to the bank treasury So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to the deceased have proved fruitless. That's why I contacted you. I'm actually asking for your consent to present you to the bank as the next of kin / beneficiary of the fund my late client.

All the legal documentations to backup 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 I want 25% of this money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining 75% is 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 me via
Tel: +34 615 1 21 229 or email:info.efelawyer@spainmail.com, upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction well.

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.

If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanations.

Kindest Regards

Sanchez Perez Aroyo (abg),

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