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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: "CARLOS GONZALEZ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kanzleircarlos@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:20:00 -0700
Subject: FUND NOTIFICATION !

DON CARLOS GONZALEZ AND ASSOCIATES
Juann mannz, 23, Apt 6m
28911, Leganes Madrid Spain
Tel/Fax : 01134 611 3111 55
Email:  basadelspmail@mypanel.biz                                                     
 
 
 
RLEASE OF UNCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL/LOTTERY/INHERITANCE/CONTRACT/TRANSFERE/FUND NOTIFICATION.
 
REF. No: NE/5487642/2018/ES.
                                                                
                                                                                   
ATTENTION: Dear Sir/Madam,
 
 
It’s our pleasure to inform you that the office of unclaimed Inheritance/International Transfer/ Winning Lottery/Unpaid Contract fund in Ministry of Justice Madrid Spain (Instruccion Numero 16) has appointed our law firm (DON CARLOS GONZALEZ & ASSOCIATES) as legal representative toward the processing to payment of your international unclaimed fund which has been credited to your File No NE/5487642/2017/ES  in your name with Banco La Caixa Madrid Spain with a total cash payout of USD$7.800.000,00 (SEVEN  MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY).
Including the accumulations  interest 0.8% amount accrued under Act. 2017. Section 493 of International Unclaimed payment Fund.
 
For over the years the initial transferrable deposit was lend to Banco Popular Espana by the Spanish Office Board Of Unclaimed Fund that manage unclaimed payment funds on behalf of the heir under Ministrio de Hacienda Espana. Last week after board meeting the committee from the Ministry of Justice (Instruccion Numero 16) Madrid Spain made a unanimous decession that unclaimed fund beneficiary in Spanish banks need to be contacted for their claims and our law firm were mandated  to present some unclaimed files including your reference file number which instruct us to contact you with the information of your unclaimed payment fund that there is a new development that clear your file number for processing of the total sum of USD$7.800.000,00 (SEVEN  MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY) to your Designated bank account of your choice  with immediate effect.
 
For your information and advice in other to receive your international payment fund, our law firm requires you to send a deposited bank account or existing account information bearing your names to our emails pdf to our office emails, to enable us commence the processing of your payment fund immediately to your Deposited bank account. Because from time to time the Spanish Justice Unclaimed Board auditors do request every unclaimed payment fund files designated for process to their financial audit office and to be updated, you have to apprehend with this informations earlier, as you comply with immediate effect  the faster your fund will be process.
If the Spanish Justice Ministry Board Officials come for audit and find out your payment fund is still not process before the official deadline of 1st October 2018 as a result of lack of your respond, they will finally mark your claim file missing indicating a ghost fund and finally confiscate the fund and will be paid to unknown client (Spanish Treasury Board or the Ministry of Justice.
 
I would suggest you kindly fill the below informations and send to me for swift communication and quick transaction conclusion. Below are the required details:
 
 
 
NAME                                                :
SURNAME                                         :
NATIONALITY                                     :
TELEPHONE                                      :
MOBILE                                             :
 
 
We are urgently looking forward to hear from you as quickly as possible. Feel free to contact me on: Email: infosabellml@inbox.com.de
 
 
Best Regards,
CARLOS GONZALEZ (Esq).
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