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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: Nicolas Pura Conzalez <data.office100@barid.com>
Reply-To: office.data100@barid.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:20:28 -0500
Subject: Compliment



--
I am Nicolas Pura Conzalez the Principle Attorney of a renowned law and
auditing firm here in Spain. I was contracted to audit the accounting
section of some firms in Spain. This audit in line with government
policies and account reconciliation became necessary following the
current European Economic crisis which Spain happens to be one of the
most pretentious countries with the Euro Zone.

During my audits, I discovered several dormant accounts due to
inactivity. some of the said account has been dormant for over a decade
as the initial owner of funds are demised. Against this
backdrop, I decided to contact you in order to confirm whether or not
you know or are related to the deceased family? This is because from our
preliminary findings, your and one of the deceased happen to bear same
surname and common heritage.

Lastly, owing to the sensitivity of this situation, I urge you to keep
this proposal in utmost confidentiality pending our discussion. I expect
your response to enable me send you more informations.Plese direct your
reply to my prvate email address at: office.data444@barid.com

Thanks for your time and expecting your response.

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