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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: "David Lopez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidlopezcaixa555@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:07:14 +0330
Subject: KINDLY GET BACK TO ME

Attn:

First of all, let me introduce myself to you. I am David Lopez,
working with CAIXA BANK, here in Madrid – Spain. I have a confidential
business proposal I want to present to you. I am contacting you in
regards to a deceased client of our bank who had a ghastly accident in
Mainland China on March 12TH, 2019. He was an expatriate engineer who
worked in Spain for Twenty years.

Before His death, he deposited the sum of (€22,500,000.00),
Twenty-Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros here
in our bank vault. Documentations show that these funds can only be
claimed by his next of kin/relative. Unfortunately, he died without
leaving any will or outstanding instructions regarding this deposit
before his death.

We have carried out several efforts to locate any family member, but
this has been futile. However, because of the International Financial
problems here in Spain, a lot of reforms have been made within the
Spanish Financial system. This includes the new law on succession
claims which indicates a duration in which such inheritance could be
tolerated. For this reason, I searched for you and decided to contact
you and present you as the next of kin to the deceased customer.

I have put in place all necessary documentation concerning the release
of this deposit and it is my intention to introduce this opportunity
to you based on the fact that you can assist with the transfer and
investment plans of my share of the funds. Since nobody is coming for
this deposit and I am one hundred percent sure this is no known
relative. I have all the proper documentation to instill you as the
next of kin. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us to
achieve this transaction.

Upon your acceptance to cooperate, I want you to know that 40% of this
deposited fund will be yours as our foreign partner, while 60% will be
for me and my partner here in the office.

If you are interested, please contact me via email,

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction
properly.

However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do
accept my sincere apology, or if on the contrary, you wish to achieve
this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for
further explanations.

Kindest Regards,

David Lopez

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