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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: email@proheq.de
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:35:08 +0200
Subject: Hello Dear

Jose Garrig Advocate
Office Address:AGran Via Jaume I, 76, 17001 Girona, Espana
Mobile: +34 - 603219688
Tel: +34 –945-563-859
Fax: + 34-945-563-859
Date: 15/ 03/ 2018
E-mail:jose_garrig129@yahoo.com

REF. 23/CP/45


Hello Dear,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
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.

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you
receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous
correspondence between us. My name is Don Jose Garrig a personal
Attorney to Late Enger. Hana who worked with Chinese Mining Company for
Thirteen years.

She died along side with her immediate family during the Madrid Train
Bombing, which occurred in 2004 since then all my several enquiries here
to locate any of my clients extended relatives, has proved unsuccessful.

Thus I decided to search with her name to locate any member of her
extended family hence I saw your name. I know you may not be
biologically related to her but since you both bear the same surname, I
decided to contact you to enable us retrieve this deposit from the
security company here in Spain.

Before the catastrophe that claimed her life, She deposited One Trunk
box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure containing $13.500.000.00(Thirteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) in CASH with a
Safe keeping /finance company here in Spain. And due to security and
personal reason, the exact content of the deposited diplomatic box was
not disclosed as it was declared as Photographic Equipments / Auxiliary
Materials.

The said Safe Keeping / finance company has mandated me to present a
member of his family (heir/inheritor) to make claim or the vault will be
confiscated and taken to the bureau of Diplomatic Security as unclaimed.
With regards to this, I seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin to the deceased so that the funds would be released to you for our
disbursement on the ratio of 50:50 between us.

All I require of you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this transaction would be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law. You can get across to me via Tel:+ 34603219688
Email:jose_garrig129@yahoo.com . for further clarification.

Do get back to me as well even when you are not willing to collaborate
with me so as to further my search for other partner explanations.

Yours Faithfully,
Don Jose Garrig
Snr Principal Jose Garrig Advocate

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