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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: Antonio Jorge <aj9905142@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 13:45:35 +0100
Subject: Urgent


Hello,

Accept my sincere apology 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 realise the need for my action. My name
is Barrister Jorge Antonio Capilla, I got your contact information through
your country´s public records while searching for a last name similar to my
late client. I am writing to you in regards to my deceased client, who
died in 2010.

Before his demise, he deposited the sum of (€6.5M) Six Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Euros, with a bank here in Spain. The bank being aware of
his death have mandated me to present a member of his family
(heir/inheritor)or Next of kin to make Claims of his fund otherwise it will
be forfeited, seized or confiscated by the authorities and reverts to the
treasury of the Spanish Ministry as unclaimed. This is because in
accordance with the Spanish law, such fortune is automatically bequeathed
to the government if there is no heir or Next of kin to the deceased that
would surface to claim the fortune. However, this law is unjust and
inhumane as it often creates an avenue for the top officials of some
financial institutions to divert such fortunes for their own selfish use.
On that ground, I decided to search for any of my late client's relatives
which has proved abortive as he did not officially declare any Next of kin
or beneficiary.

Though my late client did not disclose or state any next of kin or
beneficiary on the day of deposit for reasons best known to him. The fund
was deposited Wednesday 15th October 2007 at 12:17pm. My late client did
not state the Next of kin or beneficiary due to his immediate investments
plans. I am contacting you because you share the same name with my late
client; I know you might not be related but after countless efforts to
locate direct relative to my late client and three months final notice from
the bank to present a beneficiary to the fund of my late client, And
failure to meet up with this deadline means the fund will be liquidated to
the bureau of public and unclaimed fund and that I forbid happening.

Against this backdrop, I decided to contact you to join me to put claims on
this deposit before it`s forfeited to the authorities. My suggestion to you
is, I will like to present you as the Next of Kin and beneficiary to this
deposit, since you are both foreign nationals and you share same surname by
virtue of my position as his personal Attorney before his demise, I will
now place your name as the Next of kin/Beneficiary to my late client and I
will prepare all relevant legal documentations that will assist to
facilitate the release of the vault to you without any breach of the law.

Note, I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction
successfully, be rest assured that the transaction is 100% legal and risk
free. Once the vault is released to you, we shall share in the ratio of 45%
for me, 45% for you while the remaining 10% will be set aside for the less
privileged/charity organisations. If my proposal is acceptable to you,
Kindly reply via my private email address for further discussion on how to
proceed. Email: *jorgecapilla.es@gmail.com <jorgecapilla.es@gmail.com>*

Regards Sincerely,
Barrister Jorge Antonio Capilla

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