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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: "Barr, Roma Bosch" <no-reply@drivethrustuff.com>
Reply-To: o196708fa@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 13:20:09 +0000
Subject: Re: Dear Friend ...

PLEASE KINDLY REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: o196708fa@yandex.com

Dear Friend,

Firstly, before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize that the need for my action. I got your contact information from public fax records while searching for your contact information.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. My name is Barrister Roma Bosch. I am the financial security Advisor to Late Ms. Susanne, who lived in Spain before she died along with her family on a car accident along Madrid express high way road, which occurred on 27th December 2017. My deceased client was born by a migrant expatriate engineer that came to Spain in the late 50`s. I have been his financial security advisor for many years before his death.

Before the Crash; she had a balance deposit of US$9,500,000.00 (NINE Million, five Hundred Thousand United States dollars only) with a Safe Bank here in Madrid Spain. As the financial security advisor to my late client, the bank has mandated me to present her heir/inheritor to make Claim which on her drafted last will and testament your name was attached as the beneficiary (Next of Kin).

After preliminary efforts of enquiring, I found out that my late client willed out this fund to your name, because you share the same last name with her. I was given an ultimatum to look for the next of Kin (beneficiary) for the claim or have the fund liquidated and made unserviceable in accordance with existing laws to avoid the deposited fund to be confiscated and taken to the Bureau of bank Security as unclaimed. I decided to contact you.

In accordance with the law of inheritance here in Spain, it is clearly stated that whereas the deceased died without living behind an offspring or the immediate biological family are no longer alive, such as in this situation, any of the deceased extended person on his drafted will stands to inherit whatever property or money left by the deceased. It is on the basis of this section of the law that I want to present you to the bank since the deceased has attached your name to inherit this fund. I know you may not be anyway related to my late client but having a same last name with her, also gives you the chance and privilege to forward for the claim. The modality I have in place, guarantees that if you follow and obey my instructions the money will be released to you.

All the documentations to back up your claim as my client's Next of Kin I shall provide them. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction. I will work out all modalities to complete the operation effectively. Once the deposited fund is released to your name, the fund would be shared in the ratio of 40% for you, 45% for me as my commission and 15% for charity. You need to make enquiries on how to set up a financial company there in your country for my 45%. Send your response to my private email: o196708fa@yandex.com for further clarification.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law. Kindly get back to me if you are interested for further explanations and directive. We have only period of 60 working days to make this claim.

PLEASE KINDLY REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: o196708fa@yandex.com

Yours Sincerely,

Barr, Roma Bosch
Email: o196708fa@yandex.com

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