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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: =?utf-8?b?IlByb2YuU2FsdmFkb3IuIEdvbnrDoWxleiIgPHNhbHZhZG9yQHByb2YuZXM+?=
Reply-To: solicitor908@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:50:20 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Prof=2ESalvador_A=2E_Gonz=C3=A1lez?=


Firstly, I must solicit your discretion in this transaction; this is by vir=
tue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I kn=
ow that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and w=
orried, I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

Let me start by first introducing myself to you properly. It may surprise y=
ou received this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence=
between us. My name is Prof. D. Salvador A. Gonz=C3=A1lez, personal Attorn=
ey to my late client. My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me an=
d secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confisc=
ated or declared unclaimed by the Bank, the fund being valued 13,660,000.00=
=E2=82=AC (Thirteen Million, Six Hundred Sixty Thousand Euros) and deposit=
ed by my late client before he passed away to a massive heart attack on the=
06th of June 2013, single, childless and without having granted a Last Wil=
l.

The Bank has issued me a final notice to contact his relatives/next of kin,=
otherwise the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund will be =
diverted to the Bank Treasury. So far all my efforts to get hold of someone=
related to my late client have been in vain. Hence, I have decided to look=
for a reliable person that has got the same surname as my late client and =
that is how I have contacted you. I am actually asking for your consent to =
introduce you to the Bank as the Next of Kin, since you have the same surna=
me, so that my late client=E2=80=99s proceeds can be paid into your account.

All the legal documentation to back up our claim as my client's next of Kin=
, I shall provide them. All I require from you is your full confidential co=
operation to enable us achieving this transaction. All necessary documents =
contain mutatis mutandis to the certificate of origin in order thus to avoi=
d questions by the bank. The requested documents you need for the process a=
re legal and authenticated. The assets include no criminal origin. The proc=
ess is carried out properly and without complications, the money transfer w=
ill be completed right under. I hope for your trust and good cooperation.

I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared among Charit=
y Organizations, whilst the remaining 90% will be shared equally between us=
. This transaction is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the cli=
ent=E2=80=99s personal attorney to guarantee the successful execution of th=
is transaction. If you are interested, please contact me via Tel: 0034 632 =
053 737 or E-mail: solicitor908@gmail.com upon your response, I shall =
then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help yo=
u understand more on this transaction.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement th=
at will protect you and me from any breach of the law. However, if this bus=
iness proposal offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apolo=
gies.
If, on the contrary, you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly fill in =
the details requested here below and send this form back to me by e-mail/fa=
x with your interest for further explanations.

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