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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: "Juan Carlos Cubana" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jcarloscabanas1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 01:11:22 +0530
Subject: Request for Partnership.

Attn: Please,

I Have a good business between both of us and I know you don't know me but I believe that a good friend/business associate can be discovered anywhere in the world. I have a deal and it is for real, am Juan Carlos Cabaña, a Spanish citizen, I have my chambers also right here in Madrid Spain. Actually I got your contact when I visited the internet in search of my late client’s relatives but I could not trace them, my late client's name is Mr. Robert F. Labby, he is a German citizen who lived several years in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. He died in car crash with wife and only son. Being his personal Attorney, he handed the entire transaction documents over to me for legal advice and safe keeping. This fund is currently in the deposit account in a bank at Barcelona-Spain where my client deposited it.

I have processed this fund for release but the bank insists that the funds will only be released to the NEXT OF KIN to late my late client. The said bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you as the next of kin. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, I will furnish you with the amount involved, sharing ratio and modalities for transfer of the funds to your account. My legal obligation to this effect has made me to put much effort to locate his immediate or extended families which could not yield anything as there is no trace to their contact address or location. I will like to present you to the bank as his next of kin to enable the bank process and release the fund to us. I have t
he entire documents to ba

All I require from you is your cooperation and assurance that you will not disappoint me as soon as this money is released to us through you as the next of kin to enable us invest this fund. Please kindly forward your personal details to me, this will enable me file in your name with your personal details as the next of kin to claim the fund.

1)* Your Name 2)* Sex 3)* Your Age 4)* Your Telephone 5)* Your Contact Address:

I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Therefore, do not hesitate to revert back to me, through my private email(jcarloscabanas1@gmail.com) with the following details as requested. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Waiting to hearing from you.

Thank you for your time

Barr. Juan Carlos Cabaña
Asociados LAVP.

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