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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: "Barr. Juan Mateu" <admin@strongholmstreams.com>
Reply-To: barristerboujuan@consultant.com
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 16:13:38 -0700
Subject: Business Proposal



Ripoll & Mateu Abogados =
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C/. Guadalquivir, n=BA 33, 6=BA 28002 MADRID (Espa=F1a)
Tel:011 34 625 954 901, Fax: 011 34 951 560 033
Email. barristerboujuan@consultant.com
OUR REF: T&NGO/KN3/EUR4521 =

YOU=2019RE REF: EUR/TYB/CKY =

DATE: 14/ 05/ 2020 =

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Business Proposal
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Firstly, Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. It may s=
urprise you receiving this letter from me, =

since there was no previous correspondence between us My name is Dr/ Barris=
ter Juan Mateu Bou, =

(Spanish Lawyer and Doctor in Law) a personal Attorney to Late Mr.James Ton=
ner. An expatriate engineer and contractor

I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of it=
s nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. =

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one appreh=
ensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end =
of the day. =


My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me to secure his funds depo=
sited with Spanish Bank before he died, to avoid it being confiscated or de=
clared as unclaimed by the Bank. =

The fund value is =20AC11,500, 000.00 (Eleven Million, Five Hundred Thousan=
d Euros) this money was deposited by my late client before he passed away, =

he died by stroke and cancer on the 16th April 2014, and up till today his =
relatives remained unknown.
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The Bank has issued me a final notice to contact his relative=2019s/ the ne=
xt of kin or else the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund w=
ill be diverted to the Bank treasury, =

So far all my efforts to get a hold of some one related to my late client h=
as been in vain. Hence, Since this account is secret and there is no one le=
ft to claim the fund I am contacting you. =

I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Nex=
t of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, since you have the same last=
name,
so that the fund will be released to you as his next of kin. All the legal =
documents to back up your claim as my client's next of Kin are with me. =

All I require is your honest cooperation and absolute confidentiality in or=
der to guarantee success.

I wish to point out that I want 20% of this money to be shared among the Ch=
arity Organizations, while the remaining 80% is shared equally between us. =
This transaction is entirely risk free. =

I will use my position as the client=2019s personal attorney to guarantee t=
he successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, =

please contact me Tel: + 34 645 649 583, Fax: +34 951 560 033 Email: barris=
terboujuan@consultant.com upon your response, =

I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will=
help you understand more on this transaction.

The intended transaction will be processed under legitimacy,which will prot=
ect me and you from any violation of law.
If you wish to achieve the goal with me, please kindly get back to me with =
your interest for further explanations and better understanding. =

Also be kind to let me know if you are not interested so that I can further=
my search to another Citizen that has the same surname with my late client.
Kindest Regards =

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Barr. Juan Mateu Bou.
Attorney at Law =

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