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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: Eduardo Meana <guras@milliyet.com.tr>
Reply-To: <eddmcsc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:45:22 +0200
Subject: *Confidential : Pleased to meet you

Yes, dearest
 
 
I am confirming if you received my previous email i sent you last.I want to make sure you received it and hopefully you had a chance to look it over, It will work well for you.It's more professional and that you have to be more serious about it.Firstly, please accept my apology for sending you this sensitive information via mail without meeting you in person. This is due to the urgency and importance of the matter at hand.My Name is  Eduardo Meana a legal representative, personal Attorney to an expatriate building contractor,promoter with an independent business magnate that lived in Europe for over a decade prior to his death.I got your contact through your country pages, while searching for any possible (Relative) or Last Name to him
 
 
Prior to my late client death; My Client successfully executed a contract for the Spanish government worth the sum of $7.4M(Million dollars )The government is fully paying all foreign contractors who have successfully executed their contracts and my client is among those to benefit in this payment schedule,which has already been deposited with his bank.As his personal Attorney/Adviser, his bank has officially notified and instructed me to present heir/heiress to make Claims, so that he/she can be paid the outstanding deposit, which have been recorded by the company.
 
 
All during advent searched, I decided to contact you. I will like to present you as the family member to his bank,you having a common Last Name with him as my client next of kin.I would like to assure you that I am proposing this project to you with the best of my intention. All I require from you is your honest co-operation; I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Upon successful conclusion of this project, once the deposit is been release to you, we shall disbursed the content in the ratio of 50% /50% for me respectively as our benefit ($ 3.7M each).
 
 
Kindly reply strictly to my personnel Email: eddmcsc@gmail.com : You can also send a fax with your personal Telephone /fax number for effective communication and oral clarification on how to proceed next.
 
 
Your Printed Name: ----------------------
Telephone Number: -----------------------
 
 
Respectfully yours,
Eduardo Meana (CSC)
Certified, Senior Consultant | (CSC)
+(34) 632-85-6061
 



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