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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: "Antonio Sanchez Fernandez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wmeh.espan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:17:44 +0100
Subject: RE,URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

Attn:
 
It is pertinent to bring to your notice that we have just received an alert from the Officina Servicio Aduanero España(Spanish Airport Customs Authority) which is located here in (Madrid )Barajas International airport T4,here in Madrid state capital, that some consignment boxes where intercepted, indicating your Name and Address. However after much investigation we find out that they where trying to divert the boxes to an unknown destination, thereafter we did a scan X -Ray of the consignment boxes and discover it was containing raw cash which amounted to €12.500,000.00 (Twelve million and five hundred Thousand Euros Only)The flight was from Qatar,en-route  Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas T4,here in Madrid, Spain.
 
Kindly do confirm the above information and get back to this office for more information, as regards the delivery of your consignments boxes to your home address or Transfer of its content to your bank account in your country as swiftly as possible.
 
Please feel free to contact this office from Monday - Saturday.
Monday-Friday 08:00am-20:00pm
Saturday and public holidays 08:00am-14:00pm
All times are Central European time(C.E.T).
 
Sincerely,
Antonio Sanchez Fernandez
Oficina de Finanzas de la Comisión
Departamento de distribución de los fondos
Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas
Tel:+34  917 903 863
Fax:+34 917 903 863
www.meh.es
Antonio.Fernandez@minister.com
 
 
 
 
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